The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-03
BETTER SHOWING
THAN EVER BEFORE
Resources of State in Every
Line of Industry Are Arts
tically Demonstrated in
Lavish Manner.


~ day there is no need Of beng
discouraged about the state far,
the biggest, best state fair thai Ctah
has had in its forty years of state fairs
Everything is going TO be fine and
dandy today. There Will be smile on
the sky and smile on ten thousand
faces,
In spite of dismal sky. cold aud
soaking rain, acres of mud and a gen
eral bunch of hard luck conld. do, ihe
opening of the Utah state tair tor
1911 yesterday was by no means frost.
There were enough VISITORS on ,hape a
grounds to lei ii he known that there
was a colossal exposition In progress,
and the governor s voice WASH eFcu
little BIT hoarse when he MADE tne
speech that formally dedicated the 1ait-
to the people. s
The exhibits tins year sre rs,,oms
away superior 10 those OF any previous
wear The improvements that have peen
made at the grounds during INC snIl
mer months have worked cnlt'pi ~,
change in the appearance OF the o'G
area comprising the fair grounds. ms
older buildings are In hetter shape tnnn
they have ever been and the new onPs
arc incomparably fine. The enormous
now rrandstand is an addition that
strikes the eye as soon as one enters the
grounds and tho new race trnrR rs pro
nOunccd by DorScuSn 70 bE taNS''S~ ~
none in the land.
Exhibits Break Record.
There arc more cattle. horses. sheep,
roosters, hens. geese. pigeons, appics
pears. peaches, melons potatoes. turniPS.
grounds this wear twice over than there
we're last year. The mineral exhibit is
a real exhibit and the agricultural col
Iege exhibit Is a complete education In
4 nd
exhibits are superior 10 anything hither-
to presented at any fair IN TINS or any
other state. ~
II is a safe assertion to say that this
years fair Is easily fifty per cent bet
ter than any other fair has ever been,
All that is needed to bring out the won
dcrful sights to their best advantage Is
few strealIs OF sunshine, and these are
going to be on the job today.
The most marked Improvement to he
found on tho fair grounds Is In the MAJ
ufacturers' building. Heretofore the booths
In this highly important division have
been erected in haphazard sort of
exhibitors taking their chances on get
ting reasonably good location or rea-
Soaoable space. This year the booths m
the manufacturers building are OF uni
form style OF architecture and arrange
ment. They are neat departments. al
In imma culate white, with filigree work
enough 10 make them fancy
These new booths present so striking
contrast 10 those that have done ser"
vice in the past years that there is 10
comparison, They give opportunity for
manufacturers have been alert 90 tnkc
advantage of this favorable situation.
For that reason the displays arc seen
al their very best This, in addition tu
| more selecr quality. renders the manu-
facturers' building place o' surprising
iattractiveness.
Shows Home Industry.
faoturers' building this year is the booth
OF the Home Industry league and the
Manufacturers Association. of Utah tt
this booth literature relating To Ctah's
grand possibilities ms manufacturing
state will be distributed and all ques
tions respecting opportunities viii be
Home. Home ''I IndTstrv league is to- to educate
Utahs housewives to use Utah products.
Following are the exhibitors:
Utah Canning company. Ogden Pack
ing & Provision company. Inland cirys-
tai Salt company. Salt Lake Mattress 6
Manufacturing company. Superior Eak-
ing company. Mcdonald Chocolate COM
pany. Cache Valley Condensed Milk com
pany, Hewlett Bros. company. q. C. NJ. l.,
Utah Sugar company. Murphy. Candy
company. Union Manufacturing & Pack
ing company. Knight Woocn mills. a.
Fisher Brewing company, Western Mac
aroni Manufacturing company, lzuhra
featuring company. Uncle sam Cleanser
company. Utah Fire Clay company; Mrs.
NJ Howels. Hair Manufacturing COM
pany; Ladies' Home Industrial assocla-
ton. College Pure Food company. Noun
tain States Telephone s. Telegraph COM
pany. Fit Well Artificial! Limb company.
Utah Casket company. Miskin Spring
Wheel company, Kew Yankee Cleanser
company. American Electric Manufacture
ing company. Salt Lake Hardware COM
pany, Giles Engraving company; Charles
peterson. Signs; Western Broom COM
pany. Meredith Trunk company. Jacob
pheiffer Metal Manufacturing company,
MnSfIeld Vinegar company, Joseph Lee.
Desnret Soda Water company, Salt I.aka
stamp company. Nellie II. Debl Corset
company, Jensen Creamery company,
salt Lake Brewing company. Social Ba-
king company.
In the horticultural department Is .
greater array OF Utah fruits than has
ever before been collected. Utah IS fa-
NOUS peaches are there In great guam
titles. and pears and apples and grapes
are temptingly arranged on long rows OF
stands. There are plates of the very
choicest prize winners and boxes. and
cases that carry the average run OF Utah
orchards.
Variety of Fruits.
In the apple division are shown go
great n variety as to he fairly hewilder-
ing There are Jonathans' Winesaps.
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