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Show (HORACE 5. ENSIGN HAS IHH ESCAPE Secretary of Utah State Fair Is Close to Death in Auto Accident Horace S. "Ensign, Becrctary of tho Utah State Fair association, who returned re-turned yesterday from Vancouver, B. C, whore ho attended the convention of tho North Pacific Fair association, had a narrow escape from death, in an automobile accident February 13. ITad the automobile in which tho Salt Laker and a party of friends not boon, a largo one, according to Mr. Ensign, ho and the other members of the party might hare been killed. Aa it was, H. 8. Noyes, a theatrical man from Chicago, is still in the hospital at Van. couver and Felix Belch, another amusement amuse-ment man, is suffering from tho nervous nerv-ous shock. Mr. Ensign escaped with a few bruises. I The rule of the left side of tw road, tisod in. Canada, wns partly tho cause ' of the accident- About twelve automobiles auto-mobiles carrying mombers of the convention con-vention on a" sightseeing trip, had boon out over the city and tho machino in which Mr. Ensign was riding, being last, had droppod behind and the driver . wan nialcing an effort to catch tlio rest. 1 JTe was going about twenty milos an hour on a narrow street when at an : intersection a hoavy truck loaded.' with iron pipes suddenly crossed the path. The driver attempted, to turn out, but the car skidded and crashed' against the larger machine Tho mnn nearest the truck suffered badly crushed hips, but Mr. Ensign, being in tho middle ' of the bock seat, escaped serious injury. in-jury. f bat TJtab will profit by developments at the North Pacific convention is tho belief of Mr. Ensign, who eaya he accomplished ac-complished everything ho cxpocted of his trip. Mr. Ensign says that amusement features fea-tures at this year's state air will be , better than thoso of previous years ' and cost less. By his suggestion, nil . secretaries of tho association will this I, year book their attractions through tho bona fide owners and steer clear of thoso who attompt to mako a big commission com-mission off each attraction that they book. The circuit was also organized at the Vancouver meeting, which means that concessions will coat less. The same features will bo used at all eight fnirs in tho circuit and this will save much trouble. That Mr. EnBign attracted considerable consider-able attention both to himself and to Utah's fair is evidoncod by the last issue of the Critic, a marked copy of which was received hero yesterday. In his writo-up of tho convention, tho correspondent cor-respondent who covered the convention montiouod onlv Mr. Ensign among the many who talked. Tho Utali secretary discussed in his addresses before tho convention the value of the carnival of counties as used in this state, and also explained the system of admissions tho samo subject upon which ho talked at tho recent fair meeting in Chicago. |