The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-08-26
Government Work
In Victory Show

has been unofticially conferred upon
the combined United States govern
ment exhibits to be shown at the
Utah State fair--means all OF that,
and considerably more. Added to
displays of the fighting equipment
with which the army and navy did
their full share in winning the war.
will be displays of the improved
farming methods which enabled Am
erican farmers to work toward max
imum food production, and which
they are now using to help feed a
large part Of the world. There will
be displays, also. of other govern
ment work, that tends toward the
peaceful prosperity and well being of
and daughters and nephews and
nieces. Altogether the combined ex-
hibits should give every person who
sees them a new idea OF the extent
and the Importance OF the work be-
ing performed by various govern
ment agencies. and there are few
persons who can not find in such an
I exhibit ways in which he can call
for and obtain the help that the gov
eminent offers free of charge to all
l American citizens.
The departments cooperating in
the exhiits are Agriculture, War,
l Navy, Commerce, Interior and La
l Dor. The administrative work is
handled by the joint committee on
government exhibits. the chairman
of which is Prof. +. Lamson Serb
ner Of the Department of Agriculture
and which has representatives from
all the interested departments
The exhibits made up in five sets,
each practically a duplicate OF the
others. but with variations to take
account of local conditions in the
sections they are to visit, will be
shown during the fair season on ave
circuits made up OF the larger fairs
and expositions. Each exhibit re-
|Ifquires approximately 5000 square
, feet for its proper installation.
This is the second year for the
combined government exhibits. They
were shown last year at 33 state
fairs and expositions. whose COM
bined attendance exceeded IL, 900, 900
people. Everywhere the greatest ia,
terest was manifested by the pub
: lie. The government exhibits became
the feature show OF the fairs. and
many managers OF the exposition
declared that they were responsible
for record breaking crowds of eager
and appreciative visitors. This does
not mean that the government has
gone in to the snow business in the
usual meaning of that term. The
object OF the exhibits Is simply tu
bring the general public into close
contact with the work of the gov
eminent so that the public can make
use OF II, and to do II in a way
that will transmit valuable informa-
tion without exhausting the nervous
energy that is greatly needed by
visitors at the big expositions.
To give an itemized list of the ex-
hibits would require much space. II
is possible in this article only to
mention some OF the more outstund-
ing displays.
or transcendeLt interest VIII be
, an exhibit of war trophies captured
4 by American soldiers on French bat
: tIefields These trophies, which In
! clude hundreds of articles--from n
, big trench mortar to German mess
kits-have just arrived in this coun-
, try and have never before been on
exhibition, The captured enemy eq-
81 uipment includes machine guns, an
thank guns, hand grenades helmets
Of several kinds, trench periscopes.
smoke pots and many other articles
, used by the Germans in their losing
: fight to dominate the world. BY