Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-06 | Page 25 | 40th Annual State Fair Bars Gates

ANNUAL STATE FAIR BARS GATES CATES Greatest Exhibits Ever Is Consensus of Opinion Opinion Opinion ion of Visitors MORE lORE THAN PAID ADMISSIONS ADl Exhibitors Sell Displays and Give Money Toney to the Red Cross CrossI I Au Au see seo see you OU again in 1910 In The gates clicked shut as this partIng partIng parting part- part Ing farewell was shouted by a belated group of ot who Issued from Crom tho the grounds as th the tho fortieth annual Utah state exposition wAs wt brou brought ht toan toan to toan an auspicious close shortly after acter raid mid nl night ht It marked the closing of or tho the most stupendous and successful ex exposition exposition ex- ex exI I position ever staged by Utah i Ab Absolutely tho the aral and best fairwe fairwe fair we ever held held fully fully persons have ha passed through the gates bates since tho tim opening da day This enthusiastic I comment was as voiced by ever every official whose untiring efforts assured the success of ot tho the big exposition I. I Feat Features t urea Till rill End Amusement and educational features which have havo characterized every da day and night hl o of the tho fair Call were carried out during the final day yesterday These exercises received an enthusiastic re response ro- ro Uy tho the record throng which surged through the turnstiles since morning everybody scurried about to Indulge In a last long look 1001 at the ex exhibits ex- ex hibits Many farewells were vere spoken even to tho the bunnies In the rabbit ex exhibit exhibit ex- ex hibit and to tho the live stock which prou proudly ly displayed their prize ribbons as freight ht cars be began an puffing up the tho siding to carry tho animals back to the farm Carm was a 1 I t Iger event for forthe forthe forthe the exhibitors than anyone else for they received cd an agreeable surprise whoa when directors of or the fair fall association announced that their premiums this year car would be bc paid on the spot In Instead of or the long dela delay which usually trans trans- pires Fifteen thousand dollars In cash was handed the winners while 10 50 comprised comprised com corn the aggregate premiums given hen for the big biS' horse racing program While every exhibitor was not paid b by last evening all of oC the town out-of-town participants went ent away with the prize money tucked In their pockets nCI Fled As a patriotic feature of or the closing day many nH of the exhibitors auctioned off ocr their displays and turned over tho fun funds to the Red ned Cross Cros All AU exhibits In tho the war wal garden section were thus disposed of and the funds turned over overto overto overto to patriotic causes ca These sales at attracted attracted attracted at- at large crowds and spirited bidding bidding bid bid- din ding brought a good bood sum Tho khaki of ot the United States sol sol- tIers was largely In iii evidence In a all sections of ot the big exposition grounds rounds yesterday The Tho exposition directors admitted the soldiers Into the tho grounds rounds free fre of or char charge e and tho the women omen of or the National Iea League lIo for Cor Women's Service acted as hosts to the 1 boys 05 In a big en entertainment entertainment en- en program ram staged od In front of or the women's Libert Liberty loan bungalow Thousands of ot dollars In Liberty bonds were subscribed through thin zat I o a