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Show I PURE FOOO SHOW ! DRAWS 6900 CROWD j Interest in Inland Empire Exposition Ex-position Continues Without j Abatement. RECORD RUN OF FIRE ! DEPARTMENT FEATURE i . Head Consul of "Woodmen Hon- ors Show, and Rays It High : Compliment. j A good-Sized crowd attended tlic pine ; food exhibit Wednesday evening al the ' Auditorium, watched Hip. record run of the fire department, cheered the pic-outing pic-outing contest, applauded the trapeze '' performance of the l?iggs ami wandered j in and out anions; iho booths, view- , . ing the products of pure foods culture 1 as explained by genial young lady demonstrators, eager to show tho dif-j dif-j I'crcnt wares of the companies doing business in this city. The impecunious yountr man saved his supper bill by attending the fair. ( -which cost him only 1U cents for ad- I mission. Once inside he secured waf- 1 tics, mullins and cliocolate wafers, which taste like fuJuc.. at tho booth of the I'tah d'as and Uolco company, a dish i of coffee at tho German-American ("of- I too companv. free mush at tho Carna- fiou Wheat 'Flakes compuny,-buttermilk at the booth of the Jensen Creamery I compauv. pulled rico at tho Quaker Oats booth, a linni sandwich at ihe booth of Ihe lntorinonntain Pack ins company ! and other things too numerous to nioii- tion, im-liuling tea. koftc-ot and other ! edibles until ho camo to the candy booths, where ho ended his repast and then visited the Pcei Hros. Manufacturing Manufac-turing company's booth and secured a box of soap with which to wash his ha lid.-', I Boost for City. The show is proving a meal, boost for fjalt Lake (,'il.y. as is shown by tho interest exhibited in Ihe diiVcrent displays dis-plays by the visitors and the large at-ten'dane'e. at-ten'dane'e. Wednesday ovoning was ; "'Hello girls'" night, and the accom modating operators who make connections connec-tions al. the exchanges of Ihe telephone companies were there in largo numbers. num-bers. The first event of the" evening was the exhibition of the Luinlcy cleclro-1 cleclro-1 thermostatic lire alarm apparatus. A f lire was light ed in some rubbish, placed i on (he edge of Ihe gallery, and a sig- ' nal communicled to the headquarters of ' the lire department by means of the ILinuiev apparatus, in .nisi one minim-and minim-and three-quarters from the time the fire was started one of tho gallant fire fighters appeared in the doorway of the Auditorium and made at once for 1 t ho - blaze. Thirty sore-nds more were required lo extinguish the fire and the fire lifhtTs departed, havin'' been on i Ihe job only two minutes and a quar- i er. A pretty exhibition of balancing and clever trapeze work was given by the Kiggs, a man and a woman. One of i Ihe performers placed a chair on the bar of his swing and rocked back and ! forth, seemingly at ease and finally ' went through a series of daring evolu- tious which disulayed his agility to (rcni advantage. Pic-Biters' Coutost. An amusing all'air was the pie-cat-ing contest, in which large blueberry pies were consumed by four hardy vouths, varying" in ages from 13 to 'i years. Aluia Salm of Sugar House, 1" years old. was Ihe first to finish his portion: If.ruesl Susinan of Provo. II vears old. was second; Fred ' 'berry of Olden. 1 I years old. was third, and .ornnn Rotser of North West Tenmle treel. K? years old. was fourth. The ies weighed three pounds apiece and 1 ho boys actually bulged around Iho , . regions of the stomach afler the con- t lest w:i finished. ? " Merry music was dispensed during I Ihe show by tlio orchestra and the crowds appeared to be well entertained ( until the time of closing, 10:30 o'clock. Arrangements are being made for a ' whirlwind finish to the show. Atten tion is called to Iho fact, that only ' ' three more days of tho show remain and people should lake advantage of ' ' the opportunity offered io see what is . being done by Salt Lake ami Utah in.ui- I, ufacturers to provido foods that are j pure and wholesome. h That Baby Show. M Arrangements have been made- for a special fist, of prizes to be granted to the handsomest and fallest babies at , ' the baby contest Thursday afternoon. Silver cups will be presented lo the L' winners in classes for handsomest anil I i fattest children under six months of I , j age. from six months lo one year, from I j .one year lo eighteen months" and from J eighfeen months to two years of age. IJ The second prizes in Iheso contests will t be- Billiken dolls. The prizes will be If donated bv the Retail Merchants"' asso- cialion. A silver cup and a Billiken Oji doll will also be presented lo each of Ii ihe winning pair of twins for handsoiu-i handsoiu-i est and for fat I est children. Jj In addition to these prizes, liilliken j dolls will bo presented to tho best ' babies designated by the judges to be I iiiiiisualby charming, but not worth sil.-'I sil.-'I ver cups in the oilier classes. These , prizes wiH be donated bv tho following follow-ing exhibitors: Mr. Callahan of the Carnation Wheat Flakes coinpnny, It. . J. Sipherd of the Peet'Hros. Soap com-t com-t pany, M. S. Small of the Proctor & h (iambic Soap company. I'1. L. Kellogg of the Quaker Oats company. V.113' Pliil-lips Pliil-lips of the Fairbanks Soap company, W. K. Baxter of the Royal Baking Powder company, II, L. Hcrrington of ' the Utah Canning company, Sid Phil-lins Phil-lins of the llusler Milling company, Mrs. i Sims of the Sparks Candy eoiiipaii-, G ,i W. Reis of the New Method Klectric company. John E. Clark of the Utah i Gas & Coke company, Mr. Hales of llor-1 v lick's Malted Milk company and T. O. Miles of the German-American Coffee company Popular Lady Contest. Thursday afternoon an opportunity will be given to vote for your friends, and every one entering the Auditorium will bo presented with a ballot lo be used in designating Ihe most popular girl in tho show. Thursday night will be society night and every lady attending- the show will receive a tag at the door. The number on this lag will correspond cor-respond with a number placed on ono of the booths of the exhibition, and the holder of tho lag- will receive a gift from the manager of the booth. Friday and Saturday evening" ihe Royal Baking Powder eompnn3' will present pre-sent to every ladv attending the show one of its Roval Cook and Pastry cook books. The Dr. Price Baking Powder i:ompnny will also donato a good book in the same manner. I. T. Ponk. head consul of Iho Woodmen Wood-men of the World, attended the show Wednesday afternoon, but on account of press of time was unable lo deliver an extended address, lie visited the different displays, however, and expressed ex-pressed himself as delighted with the exhibition, and especially with Iho ex-celleul ex-celleul showing made in so small a place. Utah is to be congratulated upon the showing made, ho said, and he thought tliu exhibition will be productive produc-tive of much good to the community. |
