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Show SUCCESS" OF THE COMING UTAH STATE FAIR IS ASSURED --!- ss a! vSu3Sa4 WILL BE THE BEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION . V SOME OF THE SCENES THAT WILL BE WITNESSED AT BIG EXPOSITION. ,plM-.. ::;Cj f'M' j VKBMOSK8-Bl BB0-----tEm j---.lt---rf-Jt.-y-t Ayj H i---h-n -Wtn r"wn. w Jjy J Every Moment of the Eight Days Will Be Full of Interest. W1TH the officials of the Utah State Fair association on the threshold of another magnificent magnifi-cent annual exposition of Utah's resources and productiveness, final fi-nal plans are maturing for the opening of Utah's thirty-eighth annual state fair ,in Salt Lake next Saturday morning, September 30, at 10 o'clock. The gates of the fair grounds will this year swing open on as prtentious and beautiful a state fair as any inter-mountain inter-mountain state has known ior many years. Kvery moment of the, eight days of the fair will be crowded with a carnival of mirth and music and with excellent displays of blooded livestock, poultry, minerals from Utah mines and a wealth of fruit, grains and vegetables t'rom the fields and orchard? of the valleys of the mountains. Every department is filled to overflowing over-flowing and the supervisors in charge of the various divisions at the fair grounds report that there is an overflow over-flow of entries in every department. One of the best amusement programmes pro-grammes of years, both as to quantity and quality, has been arranged for the 191(5 fair. With the best horse races ever seen on the grounds, sensational flights by Gertson, the aviator; auto polo games and scores of other free attractions, at-tractions, together with the big midway, 'which promises to be an entire carnival Jin itseif. the amusements features of ;this year's fair will be spectacular. I The fact that the Utah State Fair association as-sociation is a member of the Intermoun-j Intermoun-j tain Fair and Racing circuit has made it possible for one of the best racing meets in years to be held here when the fair opens. Some of the finest racing rac-ing horses in the west are entered on the programme that has been arranged for the entertainment of fair visitors Trho are particularly enthusiastic over horse races. The races will begin every I afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. J Immediately after the races Louis j Gertson will give a series of flights in jhis biplane, which he will duplicate ; again each evening. Even more thril-j thril-j ling than his daylight flights are his ; night ascents and descents, with his .biplane alive with a mass of fireworks, , which are pet off at the tail of the ! aeroplane. He loops the loop four times and does other feats that send a thrill through the spectator. Auto Polo Feature. Excitemo.nt also will be furnished by the auto polo teams, who will stape pames 1 every afternoon when Gertson is through with his flving- exhibitions. Two big- hisli-power hisli-power mat-hines appear at opposite ends of the trajk. On the running' boards stand the mallei men and between (he machines lies a volley ball. When the signal is gncn t he machines start directly toward each othr. swerving slightly to avoid collision, with the mallet men bending bend-ing everv effort to knock the ball to goal. The game is played in five periods ot ten ni i notes each and the work of the players is fast as the machines dash about like fire horses" under the guidance of expert hands. Seven extra racing autos are held in readiness in rase one meets with disaster and subma Uetmen are on hand to take the place of any player who is hurt. In addition to these attractions there are open-iir shows. Inc luding acroba ts. equilibrists, trick cyclists, midair gymnasts gym-nasts and a comedy circus. Features of Midway. ' The mid vay is to be featured with a water circts. A troupe of diving girls and trick and fancy men .swimmers, lo? rollers, springboard experts, hiyh-ls elder divers and aquatic comedians are features of this circus. H will be -riven in a glass-lined glass-lined tank with a capacity of 2-0.fino gallons gal-lons and in which twenty swimmers can perform at one time. In addition to this, there will be a trained wild animal show with cleverly performing beasts, an athletic ath-letic show, a wonder museum. "The Follies of Life," and champion lady motorcycle mo-torcycle rider from Belgium, a Ferris wheel aii-1 a merry-go-round. With hundreds of entries being received in every department, the various supervisors super-visors .ire extremely busy. Charles Ziemer, supervisor of the racing department, depart-ment, is one of the busiest men to be found in a day's journey, but the extra stalls and cnlaiged stabling space is about completed and he will be In a position to care for the many horses that will be on the grounds for the races. As for the cattle department, J. W. Hendricks, supervisor, declares there will be one of the iinest displays of beef tattle at this year's fair -that, lias ever been seen. .John II. Seely of the sheep and swine department reports heavy entires 01' excellent stock. Kxeept ionally line will he t.Hc displays in Hie horticultural and floriculuiral departments, de-partments, of which William O. Knudson has charge. Mr. Knudson report.-i unusually un-usually good 'exhibits in the dairy and agricultural departments also. Displays Will Be Many. According to Mrs. Simon Bamberger, who is supervisor of the fine arts department, depart-ment, the displays thore will be far superior to those of other years, and the educational exhibits, under the supervision super-vision of Charles S. Burton, promise to sui pass former showings in this line. A busy- worn a n is M rs. Louise G, Mc-CcfTc. Mc-CcfTc. who. in addition to looking after the department given over to women's work, also has charge of Hie new division, di-vision, that of culinary exhibits. The interest of Utah women in the fair has been further augmented by the introduction introduc-tion of tli is department. The mining men of the state got behind the mineral exhibits this year and it promises to be a winner, accord in r to the reports of Preston G. Peterson, who is in charge of the display. Mr. Feterson Is also looking after the agricultural machinery ma-chinery and implements and reports many new entries in this department. In the poultry department William C Winder, supervisor, reports line entries, and a feature in this department will be the display of pet stock. This is a new venture, and from the interest already displayed, particularly by the school children, chil-dren, it will be a successful one. The grounds have been put in fine condition, and all the buildings arc well along in arrangements for the installation installa-tion of the exhibits. |