Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-05
FIRST CROWDS LARGE.

First day attendance started out TO
shstter all records early. The welcome
appearance of q warm sun after a week
of drizzle and cloud, brought out thou
sands Manufacturers hall was well
filled when Gov. Cutler and his staff,
the state fair directors, city officials
and others assembled on the band plat
form, the scene Of the formal Inaugural
ton program. The ceremonies were
opened with music Following n short
prayer by 3. II. Roberts, President j..
G. Mcdonald of the Utah State Fair
association was introduced and given
a rousing demonstration. President Nc
Donald turned the keys over to Gov.
Cutler after making the following brief
but comprehensive talk:
PRIEST. McDoNALD's SPEECH.
Your excellency, the governor. Mayor
Bransford. ladies' and gentlemen: The
directors of the Utah State Fair asso-
citation bid you welcome to what we
honestly believe to be the best expo
sition that has ever been thrown open
to the public in this inland empire.
II is needless To affirm that there
has been considerable work attached
TO The getting together of the splendid
exhibits that are to be thrown open
to your inspection today, that goes
without saying. Today's exhibit Is the
elimination of 80 distinct endeaYors in
years that are past and the efforts OF
the following ladies and gentlemen
who are now in your midst: NJ. *.
Parsons. Mrs Priscilla j. Ritter, VIM
c. Winder, Jos. A. Silver Lester ID.
Freed. Frank j. Hewlett. L. II. Smith,
John II. Seeley, Robert r. Irvine. Mrs,
N. A. Empey and II. j, Hendershot,
and such men as Hon, John Il. Winder,
who has been connected with this as
ISOLATION since December, 1856 the men
who 90 years. ago planted the acorn
that the great sovereign state OF Utah
today can bask under the branches of
an oak tree which towering aloft shows
to the world thar Utah is growing.
UTAH CAME FIRST.
Never before in the history OF the
organization has there been such man
ifest enthusiasm and enteavor
Throughout the state the sentiment has
been the best way to advertise tho
state is To show the stranger within
Our gates what we can produce, set
forth, our resources and display our
possibilities. Eastern manufactures
are alive to the situation. with the re-
suit that there possibly is not a repro
sentative of out side manufacturing
concerns, who has his headquarters
in Utah, but has applied for space
at this fair. To them we have been
Utah's fair, and to the Utah people
must be assigned this space. Ii there
is any left IL is yours and welcome
SPACE TOO SMALL.
Eve are growing in leaps and
bounds. As each year rolls around
are apparent. Last year
we erected several buildings. This year
we have erected more and still the
cry from the supervisors is that the
space allotted to exhibitors Is made
quate. Hardly had we built poor dog
Tray sumptuous Quarters, ere the SUI
pervisors of the horse departments
clamored for more room. We have
given them 90 additional stalls this
year and still they are grumblirg.
We have expended $1,000 in giving
Utah artists splendid diffusions OF light
in new quarters where the product of
their brush. pen and chlsel will not be
skied to some obscure corner We hope
the artists ara satisfied. but at the
same time confidently predict that the
present art building will be inadequate
to take care oftheir exhibits in years
to come.
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