The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-06
UTAH WILL MAKE
GRAND SHOWING
Five Public Spiried Men Give
$1,000 Each for Exhibit at
Chicago Exposition.
GOV. SPRY HEADS THE LIST
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICUL-
TURE TO BE PROMINENT.

!
| ernOr William Spry yesterday and made
| certain d creditable exhibit from Titan
at the United States Land and lrrlga-
| ton exposition to be held in the Coll
/ scum at Chicago from Nov. 20 to Dec
4. Governor Spry started the little
! burst of generous enthusiasm with an
| offer of 81 geo, and was followed by o.
J. Salisbury, George Austin, Thomas
r. Cutler, all of Salt Lake, and Mat
| Browning of Ogden.
| There has been a good deal of doubt
/ in regard to a Utah exhibit at the eX-
position owing to the apathy on the
| part of a few who had originally inter
| ested themselves in the proposition. 1t
was declared an excellent scheme to
advertise the state, owing to the fact
| that the meeting of the cattle men and
other conventions will be held in Chi
| cagO during this time, which will at
| tract upwards of a million people to
| Chicago from all parts of the United
| States.
Nature of Exhibit Unsettled.
! Just what the Utah exhibit will be is
not settled, and number Of meetings
| Will be held in the near future to de-
! eide upon this matter. The mining in
dustry will have a place in the exhibit,
though not nearly in proportion to agri-
culture or horticulture. 1t is along
these two lines, it was stated, that
Utah needs advertisement, as Utah is
chiefly known as a mining state, and
! little is known of the wonderful posi-
bilities in the state in other lines.
Governor Spry was empowered by
/ those in the meeting to close q contract
with the Chicago Tribune, which is
| handling the exposition. for 500 feet of
floor space in the Coliseum for $1,000
| F. H GriswOld OF the Chicago Tribune
| attended the meeting, the second time
he has been in Salt Lake on the matter.
He declared It TO be one Of the most
! enthusiastic and pubIic-spirited meet
ings he haC attended in his travels
! through the west on the some PROPOSE
tiOn-secking to interest other states in
| the exposition.
Space Near the Entrance.
The floor space set aside for Utah is
probably the most advantageous in the
Coliseum. It is near the entrance to
the Coliseum and will instantly draw
| the attention of those who enter. 1t
was stated by Mr.. GriswOld that most
other states will be represented in eX-
hibits from real estate men and iTriga-
ton concerns, and that Utah would be
one of the few which would be repre-
| scented as a state.
For a time yesterday there was talk
pro and con in regard to the expOsi-
ton. All conceded it would be a good
thing, but each time they wound UP
| against the financial proposition. One
member declared Utah was regarded as
a mining state, with lots of Nor
MONS" in the east. and that this i'm
| preston should be altered, to let the
/ whole country know of the agricultural
! and horticultural possibilities of the
! state as we'll as the mines.
spry Starts Ball Rolling.
1.-THE east doesn't know what we Of
| Utah can do in agriculture and hOru-
! culture" said Governor Spry finally.
! And with this exhibit we propose to
inform them. Utah has not been adver-
tised abroad. We have made a furry
at home, but that is all. and the time is
ripe when we should go out and show
the country what we can do in all lines.
The proposition is TO get before the PEG
pie as a whole the wonderful climatic
conditions in the state the chances in
agriculture and horticulture which
await them. and the fact that this IS
really the only country in which to live.
We can not better advertise our state
than in this proposition. Gentleman. !
want 10 put myself down for $1,000 10
insure q grand Utah exhibit at Chi
CaFO."
Others Quickly Followed.
! For moment there was no word, and
then the four others-Mat Browning T
r. Cutler, O. J. Salisbury and George
Austin-also put their names down for
1000 each. This completed. the 5000
necessary for a large Utah exhibit, but
others also volunteered. II is probable
several will go on each note for 81, 900
and thus make the contributions more
general. II is likely that the state will
refund the $4,000 used for this purpose
but il cannot be returned for another
two years at least.
| Cases used by Utah in the great ex-
hibit at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific expo
sition at Seattle will be sent at once to
Chicago, TO be used for the Utah ex-
hibit there, and thus large Item of ex-
pense viii be avoided.
Secretary Of State c. s. Tingey, who
recently visited Chicago to attend the
National Bank Examiners convention
and at the same time investigated the
! exposition proposition, talked for some
time to the members present in regard
| to the conditions there. He was of the
opinion that Utah could not we'll al
ford to miss this opportunity of placing
its advantages before the country in
general, and declared that $4,000 could
not be better spent, in his judgment
than in this manner. The Utah floor
space in the Coliseum, he said, was the
best i'm the Coliseum, and everything
could be shown off to advantage in the
space allotted TO this state
Experts to Go to Chicago.
/. Mr. Tingey's idea for the education
of the people who will visit the Utah
exhibit is to have a number of men
cOnYersant with facts about Utahs
agricultural and horticultural advan-
tages on hand to deliver lectures and TO
be at the exhibit most of the time to
answer questions regarding the state
This was received favorably, and will
probably be accepted by the committee
The plan will be worked out later. but
il is likely that three or four experts
will be sent with the Utah exhibit and
Will remain there during the exposition.
William Hayes was of the opinion
that Utah should take prominent place
in the exposition, and declared that it
would do much to educate the people of
other states in regard to conditions here.
Several others made short speeches dur
ing the session, which was informal in
the extreme.
Those Who Attended Meeting.
Those present at the meeting were th,.
governor. Secretary Charles s. Tingey.
F. H Griswold, representing the Chica-