The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-05
INLAND EMPIRE EXPOSITION
Is FORMALLY OPENED.
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ISOLATION, capable of placing before you
/ such fine exposition. There has been a
/ great advance in manufacturing and ali
possible encouragement should be given
/ TO outside capital TO come in here and
open up new industries and develop the re-
sources OF the state.
! hope we will be able to interest
| capital IN our iron and coal and | hope
| in the not far distant future to see a
great iron works started here to develop
the great stores of mineral we have in
| this state. 1t is my prayer to the people
| OF Utah and l beg them to Law aside their
1 petty differences and get together, put
ting their shoulders to the wheel of COM
/ merclaI progress for the development of
the state and the good of all. President
Tart declares that Utah has the finest
cattle IN the world, and this is so be-
cause the people of Utah are buying in
the principal markets of the world and
breeding only the best"
The governor welcomed all the people
10 the fair and declared that it was open
| to them, and asked them to take posses
sion Of it and to enjoy it to the limit.
Pioneer State Fair Builder.
President John r. Winder, the pioneer
state fair builder of Utah. followed the
governor President Winder was associated
with the first state fair ever held in
Ctah, and has been connected with each
state lair ever since. For fifty-three years
he has been a member of the Utah State
Fair association, and much of the prog
ress OF the annual expOsitiOns held in the
state during the past half century has
been due TO his energetic and active sup
port Though nearly lightweight years
old, President Winder is still in excellent
healtn ana spirits, and he still lends his
active support to the institution.
President Winder spoke pleasantly Of
his connections with the state fair. He
SAID that he had long been a member Of
the association, and that each of his sons
was also member. He said that he
mad attended each state fair and that at
each one he had his exhibits. He was
vel repaid, he said, for his trouble by the
pleasure he had In attending the fairs.
me short address of President Winder
completed the brief opening ceremonies,
and the crowd was left to itself The
people superintendent the exhibits in each
or the buildings, looked at the luscious
fruits IN the horticultural displays,
smacked their lips at the exhibits of do
nestle science. gazed with wonder at
the products Of the mines, saw the Won
derful display of products manufactured
in Utah, marveled at the educational ex-
hibits from each of the state institutions
inspected many of the other exhibits and
then trlpped gaily through the sands of
the merry Desert" where mirth held
full sway, and. finally, attended the Open-
ing Of some of the best racing ever seen
in Utah.
FAAGuAdHSC GCCOTQ 6TOkEns
More than five thousand people had
passed through the fair grounds gates be-
fore 6 o'clock last evening, and this at
tendance was largely increased by the
people who went TO the exposition during
the evening. This attendance is almost
double what it was at the state fair
year ago, The weather yesterday opened
up beautifully, but toward evening there
was little rain This, however, did not
prevent a large attendance for the even
ing shows, and hundreds of people who
were unable to see the fair by daylight
saw the great show under the myriads of
electric lights.
The big carnival at the fair grounds is
a continuous performance so varied that
one might go through the grounds from
building to building, and from show to
show every minute of his time during the
week, and when the fair was finished
there would still be much that he had not
seen: The fair this year is much more
nearly complete than at any time pre-
ViOusly on the opening day. There are
still a few exhibits to be put in place. but
on the whole there IS a degree of COM
pleteneSS about the entire fair that is I'M
usual at such expOsitions.
For two months the board of directors
of the Utah State Fair association have
had men at work improving the grounds
of the fair. Claude Y. Russell has had
general supervision of the work of i'm
proving the appearance of the ground.
Under his direction new buildings have
been erected, old buildings repaired re
painted and placed in holiday dress for
the opening of the fair. All of the low
places in the grounds have been filled with
sand and gravel. TrainlOads of cinders
have been hauled in and used in the max
ing of walks throughout the grounds
These walks are rainprOOf and no matter
how much rain fails during the week there
viii be no mud.
Ed. McClelland. superintendent Of the
Wandamere resort. has had charge Of the
| landscape gardening of the grounds
Beautiful and elaborate patterns worked
in pretty plots of flowers are a few of the
more noticeable evidences Of his art. One
of these is as timely as il is elaborate
and beautiful 1t is the northern hemi-
sphere done in beautiful flowers.
Cook Awarded Honor.
On a hemispherical bed, Mr.. McCle1land
has planted pretty flowers, representative
of the upper half Of the globe. At the
apex of the mound is inscribed Cook,
first" and the other, "Peary, second. -
| The mound yesterday was the center of
a great deal of attention. and of more
than one heated polar controversy.
Within the various buildings the eXhib-
its this year are larger, more beautiful
and of more varied character than ever
before In the manufactures building this
year precedence was given TO Utah man
ufacturers, and the result is that there
are more Utah industries represented than
at any previous fair. The main floor IS
| its, while scores Of smaller exhibits are
I in the gallery.
The horticultural building is filled with
| luscious fruits heaped in pretty displays
/ beneath CanODies of flags and bunting.
! Great. round. red apples plucked from