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Show j Representatives of Various Or- ! ganizations Talk Over the Matter. i u I' SENTIMENT IN FAVOR j OF GETTING TOGETHER i Committee Is Appointed to j Look Into Details of tho j Proposition. i I j For tho purpose of furthering tho plana ;, for consolidating the thrco small oxhlblts '; r.ow maintained In Salt Lake, a mooting I, of committees from tho organizations i ownlnjr them woa hold at tho Commor- I tlol club Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. ! aiiuio were piobont x"i caiueiiL j. vj. juc-Uuaiuu, juc-Uuaiuu, JOdujm rt.. siicr anu cxxjioiaiy i .lOrucu i. Jiiiisign ol uio buao fair as- i ocinuoii, PioMuvnt U. n. uuwicu, J. it- ! ruii and j. it. Valentino ot tno ivier- i. nail is' ana Aiunuiuciuicns' uHoclauon, 3 tnu W. j. Hanoran, c . Jonuson ana ( O. F. Peterson oi ilio lteul jstutu as- i ooclatlon. j1 U. H. Hewlett was choaon chairman .mu J. ii. urua acu-u as secretary, j! For moro man an nour conservative , ujsined utlka us to tno situation were naae witn every ono present laKinjr pa.it. i nere was an utitr upsvnee oi jaaouuy '. is between tno ainercnt organizations and i uio apeakeiu seomea to vio with oacn , oiner In tnclr earnestness for orlnt'ini; 3 .iOOUL ino consolidation. 1 While one ot the ultlmato results of i Do move is to aavance tno project of tho ( ,.ropobea nterniountam lair, bo aoaorbed ' veto tho participants in matting the nrst essential move anu maKlng it rlnt mat 1 itiy greater project was ocarceiy men- ioneu. i Attltudo of Mc)onnld. President McDonald ppoko llrst and j said that he hoped mat me memoers of ! .ne committees would bo wide awake ucougn and liberal cnougn to mako tno , " -nqve a success. As to his committee, ho ; stated that It had power to act. The j ot&tc Fair association, he said, was In a l neusurc indepenaent, but It was willing j lOpmake every possible sacrltlco for tno consolidation of tho exhibits and for con- J uucting the large e.xniblt so mat It would i oa a success. Mr. McDonald did not wish to assume Hj tod' mucn expense, but he was satisfied , that tho State Legislature would be Just anji liberal In giving it an appropriates,' appropria-tes,' lIOTl. Hj: Hr McDopald then imwlo the startling Hr statement, in calling uttentlon to the aa-Hl aa-Hl ertlslng opportunities of such an exhibit, Hi .hat ha had the Information on reliable authority that 2,0X people visit and 1 icgister at tho Mormon church lnforma-j lnforma-j lion bureau every year. These tourists, he said, for the' most part went through the Tabernacle, took trip to Saltalr and then continued their i journeys without obtaining the slightest j conception of the products and resources H! if tho State. A show such as It was l! proposed to establish. If conveniently lo-Hj lo-Hj catcd, would be of great immediate nd-j nd-j vantage to the State and would bo a l precursor of the contemplated lntcrmoun- iam fair. Making Great Mistake. H' Mr. McDonald then utated that It was- j. ml 3 lake lor tho ouamesa interests ot otan to allow the Tabernacle and infor-H infor-H .nation bureau to be the greatest attrac-i attrac-i iion within its boruers. He men reterred H, iO the tact mat tho loir association had tn exhibit that hari won prized at botn me St. Louis and Portland expositions, j wnlch was now doing no service. He ( also stated that the exhibit of the oid H! Uesoret Museum organization Included a wide variety ot tno animals of this re-H. re-H. gion mounted by taxiaermlsts and many valuable relics and that the Daughters of me Pioneers had numerous valuable his-i his-i lorlcal relics, all of which could be ob- talned for the contemplated combined ex- Mr. Halloran expressed the opinion that j tho thre6 small exhibits were not aatls-rectory aatls-rectory and believed that the proposed consolidation would bo beneficial. He de-dared de-dared himself as being heartily in favor of the move. Mr. Peterson stated that good results T were not bolng obtained from the divided ! exhibits. He thought an inferior exhibit Hr. v.as worse than none, as it made an Im-presslon Im-presslon upon visitors that was mlslead-j mlslead-j mg. Ho also favored a location as nearly Hi central as possible. 1 Mr. Bruff stated that he had given the subject but little attention and that he j wanted to ba better informed on the sub-Jcct. sub-Jcct. But from impressions so far re-eelved re-eelved the proposition was to him one of exceeding interest. Mr. Hewlett was of the opinion that the first thing to do was to secure a 1 suitable llocatlon and ther. get together. 1 Ho also submitted for tho consideration of his co-workers the proposition of se-curing se-curing a place of ample proportions so that the ground floor could be used for an Industrial exhibit of manufactured pro-ducts pro-ducts and natural resources, to bo free to tho public, with ofllcca for the organlza-tions organlza-tions and possibly a museum above, to which a moderate admission feo would bo charged. Will Help Salt Lake. Mr. Valontlnc staled that he believed such a show would bo tho greatest thing that could be done for Salt Lake. He was opposed to little exhibits in small rooms. As to location, he said that thero was an Idea too prevalent that nothing could be done Bucceesfully in Salt Lako unless it took place on Main street. Such a lo-j lo-j cation, he Bald, would bo a resort and leafing place for idlers and loiterers. Ht believed that a location better and moro attractive could bo secured elBewhere, Mr. McDonald estimated that in order to Bucceesfully carry out the plan, a building should be secured with a ground 1 floor area of at least 60 by 1E0 feet. Mr. Silver epoko of the past work of tno Stato fair and of tho adventaces of adverUslncr, by exhibits, both tho re-sources re-sources of tho State and Its manufactured products, He said that every Stato fair had shown to him home manufactures t5atJc had not foro known existed In H the State. n JLi was lhe undivided opinion that the Am movo to make was that of securing a building, either now elected or to find somo ono who would erect a building r-apccially for that purpose, the plans for he consolidation to be consummated V.,tn th,B ln v,e. on motion of Mr. Halloran, a committee of three from each j of the organizations represented was ao-nolnted ao-nolnted to Investigate the matter of a location and report tho result of their Investigations to tho combined commit-tees. commit-tees. T7io committee was anpolnted bv Chalr-man Chalr-man Hewlett and consists of W. " J Hal-lcran, Hal-lcran, J. G. McDonald and J, R, Bruff |
