Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-03 | Page 20 | Competition Plan Strongly Indorsed

jij COMPETITION PUfti STROWGLY INDORSED I r - 1 .Young People of Utah to I r i L. Display Agricultural Ex- I : : y r hibits at Exposition. I 1 . Utah's plan to obtain aprioultural J exhibits through a competition, among 1 : ' tha agricultural clubs o tho stato irn- I presses tho officers of tho San Diogo ft 1 exposition as tho most novel and o- I fecttve idea that has vet been brought 11' to their attention, according to Pro- I fesEor Lewis A. MarrM of tho Utah 1 ' - Erposition commission, who hns yasi re- I i 5 turned from San Diego. 1 I I' Professor 2vlerrill outlined tho plnn 1 1 f. bj' -which tho" young peoplo of Utah. B $ under tho direction of tho -Agricultural jj s college, are engaged In a competition K : 5 to produce exhibits for tho exposition, 1 I, and tho idea met with tho enthusiastic 2 indorsement df tho San Diogo people, I who predicted tho i ullost success for it. g I P Professor Merrill, who io vice presi-I! presi-I! dent of tho Utah commission and chair-I chair-I J j man of tho executive cornmittco for A r i the San Diego exposition, ays ho is n , hf moro than over impressed with the idea 8 12 hak na San Diogo fair will be a most 1 ' fc important factor in bringing tho dell de-ll , 3?- velopmont possibilities oc this region . ST. prominently to tho attention of mm- 1 m ' dreds of thousands of peoplo noxfc year. I I m Tho grounds aro now mnrvolously beau- I Iff tifuL ho says. Tho buildings aro prac- I ; . tically completed, with tho exception j : of tho stato buildings, a million trees I ' . have been sot out, tho lawnH aro all planted and tho flowers aro in bloom I . everywhere. .j H Professor Morrill wns a guest at the '1 .., banquet tendered by the peoplo of San Diego to Colonel D. C. Collier, former president of the exposition, who admits ; cheerfully that he sacrificed his private ) fortune to insuro tho success of tho ox- i '. position. Tho thoater whero tho public I ( reception was hold was tilled to ovor- f flowing, and tho banquet, attended by !; if 400 representative men, was tho most magnificent ever seen. Colonel Collier I .1 has becomo president of a railroad J t company which plans to build from Dcnvor'to San Diego through southern ; : Utah. i i In tho course of his trip of throe I wooks Professor Merrill conferred with J oflicora of tho Western Securities com- 1 I pany, who aro handling ihc Delta and jj Alilford land projects. They assured j him that they would co-operato fully J Tl with the commission in soouring good representation for Utah at tho ox- i fj position, and would assist in tho col- I j, lection and installation of exhibits.