The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-05
Governor Spry Makes Opening
Address in Presence Of Staff,
Fair Directors and Proml-
nent Citizens Of State.
EXHIBITS FAR BEYOND
THOSE OF OTHER YEARS
Utah Products and Industries
Are Well Represented, and
They Show Why Utah PeO-
pie Should Buy Utah Goods,
SINCERE PRIDE IN STATE

The greatest exposition Utah has
ever had was opened yesterday to the
largest crowd that has ever attended
the opening day of a state fair in
Utah.
Shortly after l o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Governor William SpTy, in
the presence of his staff, the direc-
tors OF the Utah State Fair associa-
ton, prominent citizens frsm every
part of the state and thousands Of
fair visitors, opened the Inland En-
pire exposition.
The opening of the exposition by
Governor SpTy was not a mere for
mality. It was the literal throwing
open of the best exhibit that Utah'S
resources have ever been given.
Every one of Utah's varied indus
tries was given an excellent represen-
tation.
At the present exposition there are more
attra ctiOns. better exhibits better amuse-
better grounds than at any previous far.
The genuine, sincere pride in the state
felt by each of its citizens IS sure to be
increased by a visit TO the Inland Empire
exposition.
Shortly after / o'clock the march of
the officials who were to open the eX-
position began. The officials and others
met at the Turf and Field club mousse on
the race course and marched to the
manufactures building. In the line Of
march We're Governor William Spry. and
staff, President ]. G. Mcdonald and the
directors of the Utah State Fair asSO-
citation, President Joseph F. Smith, PTesi-
dent John r. Winder, President Anthem
II. Lund, Chief of Police S. NJ. Barlow,
Rev F. B. Short. Rev. P. A. SimplNin
and others.
Great Crowd Present.
The party went to the balcony of the
manufactures building, where Held's band
played the OOening march. Below the
officials in the main body of the build
ing a great crowd filled all of the avail
able space between the exhibits and nun
dreds of late arrivals paid the penalty of
their hardness by remaining outside the
entrances and trying to squeeze close
enough to hear few words of what was
being said by the speakers.
President J. G. Mcdonald was the mas
ter of ceremonies. He introduced Cover
nor Spry in a brief address. He said that
he was very happy 10 introduce the man
who would open the greatest fair ever
nor President Mcdonald thanked all of
those who had helped to make the present
fair the success that il was sure to be-
He said that he regretted that each
county in the state did not have an eX-
hibit at the present exposition, and ex-
pressed the hope that the governor and
the county commissioners would cooper
ate, and that In each county there would
be state fair commissioners, with the Ulti-
mate result that each county would nave
its own building on the fair grounds.
Governor Sprys Address.
Governor Spry said in part: 1T affords
me a great deal of pleasure to open the
Inland Empire exposition, and / desire
To congratulate President Mcdonald and
the other officers Of the association for
The manner in which they have achieved
this success. / congratulate the people
too for having energetic, wide-awake and
public-spirited men and women in this as
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