Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-02-24
LIVE STOCK SHOW =
AT SALT LAKE CITY

! nual Intermountain Livestock Show
practically wholly subscribed and
with enthusiasm predominating
; among local business men, plans for
the big show are rapidly shaping
themselves into even more promise
than ever before in prospects for the
greatest livestock show ever held in
the western states.
Even at this early date the 1928
show to be held at the North Salt
Lake stockyards bears out the first
predictions that it would top any
thing of the kind ever attempted in
the intermountain country. Letters
received daily by DR.. r. N. Mead,
head of the livestock and agricultur-
al department of the Salt Lake
| Chamber of Commerce and CONNER
cial Club and show director, give
promise of the biggest and classiest
entry list of purebred livestock ever
assembled at any single intermoun-
| tain show of like kind
New committees are getting their
work in shape, assisting the earlier
formed special and subcommittee,
and looking after the various details
in connection with the conduct of
the big show Last week a commit
tee on entertainment, headed by Mr..
Press Bancroft was organized It
started Immediately on a program
of entertainment for exhibiting
stockmen and show visitors that Of
fers the widest range of enjoyment
during the week of April to Z,
show week In fact, these details of
entertainment are to be very live
factor of the show, the committee
planning to make the week a full
round of entertainment, as well as
of profit and education for livestock
growers and visitors to the show.
Under the able and experienced
direction of Hardy Dorning, local
promoter of athletic events, plans
are already far progressed for
splendid athletic carnival. The stel-
lar events planned include a fistic
battle for the welterweight champ
ionship of the western states. Then
there will be the big banquet and
lovefeast for the visiting stockmen,
an always looked for event at the
Salt Lake show. Efforts of local
showmen are being enlisted to make
the banquet a prime entertainment
feature, with vaudeville and musical
events to supplement the program es-
peeially arranged for the visitors en-
joyment
Reports received from those who
have had an opportunity to scan the
premium lists for the
show sent out recently by the live
stock committee of the Chamber onSsv
are in the one accord that
lever before has an intermountain
how offered such encouragement to
livestock growers in the way of
wards classifications and special in
iucement to boys and girls clubs
nd the like Since the publication
f the preliminary lists three other
lasses have been added
The Salt Lake Newspapers have
xtended every possible encourage
lent to the Chamber of Commerce
its efforts to place the city on the
lap as the home of the greatest of
IL western livestock shows. They
ave all editorially and in their news
olumns greeted the forthcoming
how as harbinger of greater pros
Gritty to stockmen and the city's
usiness interests and accorded the
low top position in the ranks of
1biic spirited enterprises.
Exhibitors, judges and visitors, as
ell as all others interested in the
32S show, will be highly pleased
lth the exhibition, judges and other
nditions accorded at the North
lit Lake stockyards this spring.
he mammoth new show pavilion of
e Salt Lake Union Stockyards will
ready in every detail long before
ow time and here the exhibit ami
ais Will be housed with every mod
n facility for their comfort and
nyenience of exhibitors and visit
There will be nothing lacking
exhibition facilities.
Headquarters for the Sixth Annual
termountain Livestock Show are
at the Salt Lake Chamber
commerce building where DR..
lad Is in active charge of the show
tails as show manager. The var
is committees are meeting almost
lily and extraordinary activity
Gets the visitor to headquarters.
sters are already widely distri-
ted throughout the west and every
a1lable advertising medium is be-
utilized to spread broadcast the
things Salt Lake is going to do
year at its annual livestock
w.