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Show . BIG CROWDS AT STATE FAIR Oil DAY OFOPENING Speech of Charles Warren Fairbanks, the Republican ' Vice Presidential Candidate, Can-didate, Is Attraction. t GOOD PROGRAMME OF SPORTS IS HELD f Exhibits This Year Declared De-clared to Be Best in History His-tory of Institution; Governor Gov-ernor to Speak. State Fair Programme. Sunday. I All exhibits open for Inspection. i Monday. ' 10:00 a. m.' Judging in all de partments. 2:00 p. m. Horse races and band concert. 3:30 p. m. Programme of free attractions on grounds, including Midway features. 4:30 p. m. Hankinsons's auto polo contest in front of grandstand. I 8:00 p. m. Official opening of the thirty-eighth annual state fair by Governor William Spry. Exercises Exer-cises in the coliseum. 9:30 p. m. Tree attractions on carnival grounds. With more than. average attendance for the first day, Utah's thirty-eighth annual state fair opened under most promising conditions at 10 o'clock yesterday yes-terday morning, when President J. O. McDonald of the state fair board gave the word and the turnstiles of the main entrance were unlocked for business. "SJThough yesterday was, in reality, ; erely a preliminary to the big expo-sition expo-sition which is to be formally and offi- 1 cially opened Monday by Governor William Wil-liam Spry, the attendance demonstrated to the officials that the pre-official opening was fully justified. Judging from the first day patronage, Secretary Horace S. Ensign of the fair believes he iB justified in expecting an attendance this year that will break all previous records. Every indication, he declares, points to this end, and as a result re-sult be and tho fair directors wore broad smiles. - The fact that Charles W. Fairbanks, Republican candidate for the vice presidency, pres-idency, spoko at the grounds during the afternoon drew a large number of people, peo-ple, but that his presence at the grounds was not the only reason for a big attendance at-tendance was demonstrated by the fact that despite an aggravating wind and its accompanying clouds of more annoying annoy-ing dust, people were waiting for the gates to open at 10 o'clock in the morning morn-ing and the attendance up to noon was greater than it ever had been before be-fore on an opening day, Secretary Ensign En-sign says. Attractions Are Many.. Though not all of the exhibits were "V-in finished shape yesterday, most of ' hem wero in place and there remained ; only the decorating and placing of the f. finising touches upon them to make them complete and ready for inspection by the most critical eyes. Some of the entertainment features had not arrived, but these will bo on hnnd todav, and they will be ready to amuse the crowds commencing Monday, it, is announced. Tho fair grounds presented a remarkable remark-able picture of industry and activity when the gates opened in tho morning. A small army of people was on the grounds and overybodv evervwhero was busy, doing something to add to the in-tnrost in-tnrost andMTnctivencss of the big fair. Trndcr the guiding hands of the supervisors super-visors of the various departments the exhibits are assuming magnificent proportions, pro-portions, and every indication points to one nf the most successful, most highly high-ly educational anil most thoroughly enjoyable en-joyable expositions that the state has ever held. Yesterdnv was known as "Fairbanks Jind Local Sports'' dav, because of the presence at the grounds during the aft ernonn of the distinguished former vice president, who is again a candidate for this next, to the highest honor in the gift, of the American people, and because be-cause the officials had arranged added attractions m the form of a programme of sports, including auto and horse racing rac-ing a pushball contest, aviation flights and a demonstration of life saving work by members of the Salt Lake fire department. de-partment. Crowds Arrrive Early. There was ho formal programme connected con-nected with the opening of the entrance gntcs in the morning and no special card of attractions for the morning hours. At. the appointed hour for opening President McDonald simply gave the word and the men on duty at the turnstiles unlocked the stiles 'and began admitting visitors, who spent flic mornine looking over the various ex- M' (Continued on Page Eleven.) j STARTLING feat by aeroplane operator, which was seen yesterday at stae fair grounds, to- , gether with exhibition given by squad from Salt Lake fire department. . A. , V , . I ATTENOANCE 01 INITIAL DAY OF STATE FAIR ' (Continued from Page One.) hihits and tt-atchiri some of the racing r. ork. proHuiMs of tlio ki:mpn ami all sorts of things good to pal and good to look iipon, Tvhkh xvpre being artiF-tirally artiF-tirally arranged in the hooths ;inl stalls allotted to ttie individual exhibitors. In "he horticultural building tlio exhibits ex-hibits are rapidly assuming " finished , ehape. The fruit exhibit in this building build-ing promises to be of unusual varietv and interest this season, despite the unfavorable un-favorable weather conditions of the early year, which caused such heavy destruction to fruits in manv portions of the state. While the quantity of fruit produced was not so large' this year as usual, by any means, the qualify of that which was produced seems to have in a measure compensated for lack of quantity, tor the fruit that is on exhibit is perfect in appearance and delicious de-licious of flavor. The vegetable and grain exhibits in the same building are being whipped into shape rapidly by the representatives representa-tives of the various counties who have charge of the installatip'i work. There is a wealth of vane'rv sliown in the exhibits and some of the most perfect specimens to be seen anvwhere are on hand. Good College Exhibit. An exhibit that promises to be one of the most interesting on the grounds this year is that installed by the Agricultural Agri-cultural College of Utah. A special building has been devoted to this, and all branches of the work of the college, and especially of the experimental farm department, are shown, either by maps, pictures, samples of the work, or in products of the farm. Everything from soil percolation and irrigation to growing grow-ing products is shown in this exhibit. In the manufacturers' building the exhibits are still in a state of incomple-tion, incomple-tion, but everything prooiises to be in finished shape by tonight. Industry was personified in this building during the day by the manner in which the various manufacturers of the state worked in getting the prod- itcts of "Utah's leading manufactories in shape to be -eiewed by the thousands f of visitors who are expected to altend the fair and who began their tours of inspection early vesterdav morning, despite de-spite the fact til n t the' exhibits were not entirely in "ship shape." Filling Stock Stalls. The stalls in the coliseum were not all filled yesterday, owing to sonic delay de-lay in the arrival of sonic of the blooded stock entered for Ihe exhibit, but it is expected that all the delated animals will be on hand bv tonight and that all stalls will be filled by the time of the official opening of the ex- V! A" & ? . : : Iff -? - IhTrrA if-"- M fk-Si- ;- ". itr ; -;,-v i . 4m ' X it i h. ?'.vj'rt x, '- . . .. position tomorrow by Governor William Wil-liam Spry. .Much blooded stock is already on hand and this line of the exhibits promises prom-ises to be above the usual standard this year. The grounds outside of the buildings i presented a busy scene all day. The machinery, auto, vehicle and real es-tato es-tato exhibits are being gotten into shape and include everything from model city homes and model farms to automobile garages and the heaviest sort of machinery. Putting in Game. A miniature shoe factory, which is an exhibit of 7. C. M. 1., ia already in operation and the spectator mav stand by and sec a pair of shoes made from the cutting of the form from the hide to the turning out of the finished shoe ready for wear. - In the minerals and merchants' build ing the mineral exhibit has been put in final shape and the merchants ' exhibits ex-hibits are being installed rapidly. Fred W. Chambers, fish and game commissioner, was a busy man getting his fish exhibit in shape in the aquarium. aqua-rium. Most of the. fish were placed in their tanks yesterday. Jn addition to the fish Mr. Chambers has on exhibit ex-hibit an excellent collection of the game birds to be found in the state, ; including golden pheasants, quail, grouse and prairie chickens. The poultry erxhibit is one of the most extensive and interesting ones to be found on tlr grounds. There are nearly 3000 birds entered in the exhibit, ex-hibit, which is more than three times the number eutored at the fair last year, there being only about 700 birds entered then. The entries this year include in-clude not onlv birds from Utah, but a number of blooded fowls- from outside states, includ? ng Nebraska and Mon- tana. Thp buildings fjiven over to the poultry exhibits gave forth a veritable symphony of clucks anl crows all day. While the auto polo teams and the attractions at-tractions of the Midway had not arrived ar-rived yesterday, preparations have been made for therii and everything will be in readiness for the inauffu ration of these amusements coincident with the official opening of the fair toniorrowj it is announced. Secretary Horace S. Ensign announced yesterday that the evening auto polo contests will be held in the arena of the Coliseum, and in addition to this attraction there will be a vaudeville show in the coliseum every night. This will include some high divers, aerial performers and other artists, who are guaranteed to furnish ample amusement for all present. There will be no wild west show in connection with this year's fair, but this usual feature will be made up for by other attractions which the officials believe will prove equally interesting. in-teresting. Police Protection. The office of Secretary Ensign was the busiest place on the' grounds yesterday. yes-terday. The secretary was "on "the job" from daylight until late last night, and was ''on the move" every moment. There were a thousand and one little details incident to the opening of the big sbow which had to be attended to I at the last moment, but the secretary and his force of assistants handled them with dispatch, so that everything moved along with dispatch and smoothness. The city police department detailed a special force of men for duty on the fair grounds, the squad being placed under the command of John J. Roberts, i former captain of the department. Ilni-I Ilni-I formed men are on hand in every build-I build-I iug to look after the safety of the visitors visit-ors and to handle the unruly or the pickpocket. In addition to the uniformed uni-formed force there is also a special force of plain clothes men and another force of Pinkerton detectives for special spe-cial duty in handling crooks and pickpockets, pick-pockets, which always follow the fairs. These men will be on duty day and night. j A telephone exchange board lias been installed in the manufacturers' building ! by the Mountain .States Telephone and j Telegraph company, and ample phone I servi'.-o has been provided for the en-i en-i tire grounds. The number of the ex- change is Wasatch S1(U, and this con-I con-I nccts with all departments, including press headquarters, which is trunk 8. Everv possible accommodation for the convenience of the public has been provided pro-vided on the grounds by the fair board, horses worU out on the fair track. The big crowd of the day began ar- riving in the afternoon with the open-i open-i ing of the sports programme and I reached its height late in the afternoon ! when M r. Fa i r ba n U s reached the grounds. Visitors continued to pour into the rounds until evening and t lie night crowd was unusually large for the opening open-ing night. Installation work n the exhibits at ! the fair was still iri progress all day yesterday and it will he Monday morn-intr morn-intr before all of the exhibits are finally fi-nally in finished shape. This was apparent ap-parent yesterday. All of the material for the various exhibits is on hand and in the various allotted space-;, but the work nf arrani;-i arrani;-i ing the material isVedious and reqr.ires more time always than is expected. Full I t nn-es of won-: men were hny all Ahv j .Meriay and until late la-d niht ar-ranijin ar-ranijin material in the various space? I a nd pu ting t he t i niliing touches on the booths and stalls, i There was a hum and bustle aboui the place throughout the day. 'In the various buildings men and women were hurrying hither and thitther with arms full of fruit, vegetables, grains, needle-It needle-It was the afternoon that ushered in the entertainment features of the programme, pro-gramme, and they came thick and fast. The programme has sensations to suit the most sensational, but the thrill of thrills is furnished by T. T. Maroney, the aviator, and his petite girl assistant, assist-ant, Miss Ruby Rntledge, the latter of whom drops in a parachute from the aeroplane of Maroney from an elevation of nearly 2000 feet above the ground, and sails" gently down while the aviator loops the loop about her, circles about her parachute and dips under hfr. The parachute descent of Miss Rut-ledge Rut-ledge is nothing short of death-defying, ana yesterday hundreds of persons stood with bated breath watching her drop from an elevation of 1700 feet and successfully suc-cessfully land just north af the fair grounds. The afternoon programme was opened with a band concert given by Hold 's military band in the grandstand just inside the entrance to the grounds, and later in the grandstand at tho race track. Early in the afternoon the grandstand, grand-stand, which was free to all yesterday, was filled to its capacity. "The first event on the local sports programme was a lively pushball contest between teams representing the East and West high schools. Eleven boys on each side pushed wid tugged at the big ball in the race track, while ' ' rooters ' ' from the two schools in the grandstand yelled themselves hoarse. The West high team won the first goal in 9 minutes, and the second contest was declared a draw by Referee Charles Kroman, thus leaving the West high team the winner of the contest. Bear Chases Boys. During the intermission between the first and second contests between the student teams. Boh Berry entertained the crovvd by wrestling with a bear. The bear downed Berry and then threw the (Continued on Page Nineteen.) BIG GATHERINGS B FAIRBANKS QISCUSSJSSUES Addresses Are Delivered at the Commercial Club, the Auditorium and the Fair Grounds. (Continued from Page One.) factions as the active, the luke warm, the opposition and the &;nig that in-his;tnri in-his;tnri on nx-kiny the boat. All of these, Jip declared, he could get alon; with, hut there was another that was intolerable. intoler-able. the man who insisted on stealing the oars. Who the impossible one might be, Mr. Miller gave no hint. Mr. Morris also received an ovation, fie briefly reviewed his recent tour of the state, and announced that the outlook out-look for Republican victory in the state was very gratifying. Mr. Morris announced an-nounced that there nai been some disquieting dis-quieting rumors in various parts of the state which, like many other campaign rumors, would not bear the light of investigation. in-vestigation. Ho referred particularly 1o the rumors, he asserted, that if elected elect-ed governor certain men had been promised prom-ised to be remembered when time for appointments en me, and that an undue Amount of power would be exercised by certain other gentlemen. Both rumors, ru-mors, he declared, were absolutely without with-out foundation. Denies Making Promises. t( have promised appointments to no one, and L inteiml to pb?dge. none," he said. "When the time for making appointments ap-pointments comes, J shall consult with the leading men of the state as to who is best qualified for that or those positions, posi-tions, and shall make my appointments accordingly, it is my intention at all times to work and act with the best interests of the commonwealth in vipw.'' Following this preamble Mr. Morris set forth his ideals of what a successful and highly developed commonwealth should be. On account of the rapid-firo programme arranged for Mr. Fairbanks, it was necessary that all talks be limited, lim-ited, ami Mr. Morris's introduction of the honored guest was confined to a ; very brief review of the career of the ! nrincipal speaker, Charles Warren Fairbanks Fair-banks of Indiana. Previous ovations were decidedly punv to the one accorded Mr. Fairbanks when he acknowledged the introduction. He said: We are liviner In a remarkable period pe-riod of the world's history. Wr look ! back over the brief historv of this intermonntain state, so remote and so remarkable in many ways, and marvel at its achievements. While going-about going-about the city this morning I was told its wonderful story. The story was told me by members of this club -' and, as they are in no way connected with politics, I am inclined to believe them. I have circled" the globe and the more I saw of other countries the greater was my admiration of American Ameri-can character. Inasmuch as this is a business men's meeting, I do not feel justltied in talking of political Issops l mentioned this to my friend, Mr. Miller, and he. informed me that this is a remarkable audience, one of the most remarkable In America. They are all Republicans. But the assertion asser-tion may not be absolutely correct for I believe I see a few Democrats in the room, but they are of such fine qualities that it is practically impossible impossi-ble to separate them. . Now. I have the kindliest feeling toward sincere Democrats. Many of them are among my closest and dearest dear-est friends. J do not hate mv friend because he is afflicted with rheumatism, rheu-matism, but I hate rheumatism because be-cause it afflicts my friend. So it is with Democracy. If a man is a sincere sin-cere Democrat, I respect him. My only hope is that he will carefully consider the issues of the campaign seriously before he votes for another four years of Democratic rule. When X was in Europe I noticed the feverish preparations for war and I wondered where these activities would end. I asked men of various nations and the one answer was "Probably war." And when some men had formed the opinion that war was practically an impossibility, war came, and there is now being: waged in those European countries the mightiest and bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen. Today America stands as the most honored and the most envied nation in the world. May there not be a reaction, re-action, and when and why will that reaction come? There is too much ln- difference on the part of the majority ma-jority of American citizens with reference ref-erence to just where the nation is drifting. And here T wish to emphasize em-phasize my belief that it will be averted only by tee people of this country giving a deeper, more profound pro-found and loyal support to the causes that are devoted to the advancement of civic duties. We are engaged in the task of nation na-tion building. It is a gigantic: undertaking under-taking and challenges our wisest judgment. judg-ment. Our nation is what we make it. It thrives not upon ignorance. It does not attain successful proportions by mere accident; it is wrought out by Intelligent service and sacrifice. In . the final analysis we get out of our public institutions what we put Into them. We cannot enjoy liberty with-, out making sacrifices full and fair on the altar of liberty. Had I my way. or the power, I would compel every man and woman who is eligible to vote to perform the greatest of all civic duties, the highest high-est service of every true American. This election is most important, as I here are many tilings to be decided. I have no personal interest in the matter because T happen to have been honored to the extent of being, placed upon the ticket, but I beg of you, one and all, to look earefuly into the issues of this campaign and then exercise ex-ercise wisely the greatest of all civic rlul ies. From the Commercial club to the auditorium au-ditorium Mr. Fairbanks and the members mem-bers of his party headed an automobile automo-bile parade. Jn the big hall on Richards Rich-ards street an audience of approximately approximate-ly 250(1 persons had gathered to welcome wel-come the vice presidential nominee and hear him discuss the issues of the campaign. cam-paign. State Chairman Glen Miller introduced intro-duced Senator Reed Smoot as chairman of the meeting and the opening speaker. With less than one hour of the allotted time left for the auditorium meeting Senator Smoot became so engrossed in the discussion of the failings of the Democratic administration as he saw them that about half of the allotted time was gone before he realized the lateness of the hour. He attacked the Mexican and European policies of President Wilson, the appropriations of the last session of congress and was just getting down to the child labor law and the Adamson bill when he real-1 real-1 ized how lon,g he had spoken. The introduction in-troduction of Mr. Fairbanks then assumed as-sumed the simplest and most direct form. Jn the short time left Mr. Fairbanks had opportunity only to exchange felicitations felici-tations and touch upon some of the more important issues of the campaign. He discussed the appropriations of the Democratic administration and attacked President Wilson and the Democratic party on the ground that they had failed to keep the party pledges made at Baltimore four years ago. He asserted as-serted that the present prosperity of the nation was not due to the tariff law enacted by the Democratic part-, or to any other action of the administration, adminis-tration, but to abnormal conditions over which there was no human control. At the close of the war, he predicted, prosperity will cease and without drastic dras-tic legislation or farsighted and wise action ac-tion American, industries .must suffer. It was at this point that a messenger breathlessly announced that it was 4:20 and that som-e 3000 state fair visitors visi-tors had assembled in the grandstand to welcome the running mate of Charles Evans Hughes. Democracy Is Scored. In his Auditorium address, Mr. Fairbanks Fair-banks said in part: Four years ago the American people peo-ple were in the possession of unprecedented un-precedented prosperity; we were In the midst of the golden age. We were just emerging after sixteen years or Republican prosperity, the greatest we liad ever enjoyed. It name under the administration of William McKinley, one of the greatest stutesmen our country ever produced. It continued under the administrations of Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. There was business advancement advance-ment at home, and there was honor and high prestigate in all of the chancellories chan-cellories of the world; there was no flag that was more revered and respected re-spected than the Stars and Stripes of America. We were going on In that day with tremendous rapidity. Everywhere there was labor for every hand, food for every mouth. We were a great, happy nation. Some of our countrymen coun-trymen believed that It was advisable . to change leadership in -our national concerns. We of the Republican party had unfortunately divided. ! Brave, honest, patriotic . Republicans divided in their views upon party management. Woodrow Wilson was elected pre&irient of the United States. It was a proud day for Democracy, but It was an unfortunate day for America. Wilson Is Criticised. Mr. Wilson had some ideas; he took them from the Democratic platform In Baltimore. He carried thein home with him. It was a waste of energy; they were not worth packing back. He afterward concluded so himself ami proceeded to repudiate Borne of the platform. The first plank which struck his attention had something to say about restriction to one presidential presi-dential term, and he says: "By the everlasting powers, I repudiate the pne-term plank." Now it has always been my cardinal belief, and It has been one of the fundamental beliefs of the Republican party since Abraham jL.in.coin took the leadership of America, that a pledge In the Republican platform was a covenant with the American people and was to be faithfully kept. Now, then, the American people are of the opinion that if Mr. Wilson and what Is left of his party are going to repudiate the one-term plank, the everlasting ever-lasting powers of the American people peo-ple will compel them to keep it. It is not every political party that can manage the affairs of America. One of the first things the present administration did was to overturn the Republican system of protection. This was not unexpected; ft whh from the f 1 rst rega rd ed as one of t he i n -evftable tilings that Democracy would accomplish if it could. It was 1n power in the executive branch and tho legislative branch also. Its majority was so decisive that It was able to execute ils unhrldled will. For months the congress was held in session by the president, who dominated It with autocratic power. iVork of Demolition. The work of -demolition went forward, for-ward, although a majority Of the American people had expressed themselves them-selves as favoring pi election. It Is unnecesn:iry for iik to go at length into tlie numerous schedules which were incorporated in the tariff law. Many great and many small commodities, aggregating millions and millions of dollars, were put upon the free list, and the tariff dutlrts which were being be-ing paid by foreigners under the Republican Re-publican tariff as the price of their doing business In our market were ruthlessly thrown away. The authors of the law expected that Its enactment would result In diminished dimin-ished revenues, and they provided for making up this deficiency by 1m-poMlug 1m-poMlug direct taxes upon the people and their business. The law promptly did Its perfect work. It hegan to under nil no confidence, confi-dence, breed distrust, reduce the pub-lice pub-lice revenue, rlriRe factories, throw out of employment hundreds of thou-Knns thou-Knns of Viugc-earners, and to stimulate the charity organizations and Increase bread lines In many cities of the country. You will bear rne witness, my friends, that I speak the trut h ; I bring no unsupported Indictment against the Democratic party. That great party had Its relentless grip upon the country and the country suffered suf-fered in consequence. In due course relief came to up, not through Democracy, but thrnuRl! one of (lie inlRclyniH in the political worlri that dimmed nil that preceded It through the nges; tho founda Uonn of 1 Kurope trembled in the grasp of a mighty war. The nations engaged in the conflict reached out to the United States, the one rich, neutral power, for the implements and munitions required re-quired in their bloody struggle. Factories, which had been closed by Democracy and which had been engaged en-gaged in normal production, turned thei r energies to this new business. New factories of gigantic proportions arose as if by niaglc and joined in the great trade of producing war supplies. Our railroads, which had been forced hilo idleness, were quickened quick-ened to meet new demands by the exigencies of Europe. Great railway trains came down from the cities and the valleys to our seaports carrying the implements of war to be sent into the European field. Democracy began to sit up and take notice. It pointed to the expanding evidences of our prosperity. Hero at last were trophies of the Democratic policies and Democratic administration, administra-tion, said our friends. The fact is that the prosperity, such as it was and is, was not effected In the slightest degree de-gree by the political measures or the policies of the party In power. The prosperity growing out of the European war, so far as Democracy was concerned, was purely accidental. Democratic prosperity is due to war, while Republican prosperity grows out . of the normal and peaceful indus- 1 tries of the. people; it is a prosperity which abides. Democratic prosperity will vanish as mist before the morning sun. When the articles of peace are concluded be tween the neighboring countries abroad and Ciod crant that that time may not be distant the places where . Democ ratio prosperity has prevailed will wear a changed aspect; the or- dors from Europe for powder, shell (Continued on Page Twenty-one.) big mm IT FAIR 01 01! OF DPEHIHB (Continued From Page Eleven.) keeper. During the second round of the contest the bear suddenly grew tired of wrestling, loped off the stand and started start-ed across the field. He happen eli to laud among a bunch of boys, who scattered scat-tered and ran as though lor their lives. The bear gave a merry chase to two youngsters, who ran as" they never ran before in their lives. The trainer soon had the bear in tow, however, and he was led from the field without finishing the match. The firt event in the horse races was a half-mile running race, in which four horses were entered, Hazel Kay, Kate Foil mi er, Charm Song and Red Wing. The latter horse won the race with Hazel Ha-zel Kay second and Charm Song third. Time. 51 seconds flat. While waiting for the next regular racing event, five boys who had ridden dowu on their Shetland ponies were permitted per-mitted to have a half-mile contest. Bes sie, ridden by Fd Linck, won the race; Dolly, ridden by William Burley, was second, and Ben, ridden by Albert Smith, was third. IS'o time. By this time Maroney had gotten his big biplane into operation and swept down tbe field from the east aud jumped into the air. After circling around the field a time or two he shot high into the air and made a long swoop out over the city. For ten or fifteen minutes he remained in the air circling high out over the city. Races Are Interesting. While he was still in the? air the second sec-ond regular racing event, a five-eights-mile running race, was staged. There were entered in this contest Howard Pierson, Morada, Helen N. and Monte. Helen iST. won with Morada second and Howard Pierson third. Time, 1:14. A free for all automobile race had been scheduled for the afternoon, but owing to the high wind and dusty condition con-dition of the track, resulting therefrom, it was decided to call this otf. And, too, the other events occupied the time until the hour for Mr. Fairbanks to arrive, ar-rive, so it was necessary to eliminate this feature of the programme. Mr. Fairbanks arrived just 'as the 1 last race had been run and after Maroney Ma-roney had landed from his first success- j fill flight in his biplane. All attention was then turned to the Republican vice presidential candidate, who addressed the audience in the grandstand for a few minutes, then, in company with the official party escorting him to the grounds, paid a visit to the Coliseum and the officials of the fair. He then returned to the city. The candidate was met at the entrance by Held 's military mili-tary band, which escorted his carriage to the grandstand while it discoursed patriotic music. The crowd received the candidate with rousing cheers. Aviator Is Thrilling. While Mr. Fairbanks was addressing the fair crowds, over in the tent hangar of Aviator Maroney the aviator was busy preparing for his sensational flight and the parachute drop of Miss Kut-Jedge. Kut-Jedge. The machine was trundled to tho east end of the field inside the race course, and it was followed by Maroney and Miss Rutledge, who is a slender, pretty girl with more nerve and less regard for death than most men. She was attired in a natty khaki uniform, and carefully . ".in uv,nmtiv lumcu uu iiei suuiuuers was the big silk parachute which brings her safely from the clouds to the earth in her descent from tho biplane. When Miss Hutledgo took her place beside Maroney on the biplane many women gasped. The whirr of the pro"-peller pro"-peller blades filled the air and. the machine ma-chine ascended easily from the field. A few circles about the field and the aviator began ascending rapidly into the clouds. He rose and rose until the foi ms of himself and his companion were mere specks against the sky. He circled around the field and 'swung straight toward the grandstand from the north. Everyone thought Miss Jtutledge was going to drop then, but the altitude alti-tude or air currents were not right, and the aviator made the circle again. This time, just as he seemed to come over the field, but. in fact, before he had come within a block of the north side of the field, he suddenly tipped his machine. ma-chine. Makes Daring Drop. A dark object, hardly larger than a babe in appearance to the eye, dropped like a shot from the front of the machine. ma-chine. It seemed to shoot with lightning-like speed toward the earth. Then a white something floated into the air above the object, and soon it spread out into a great white umbrella. Swinging Swing-ing underneath this the young woman came gracefully and easily to earth. Maroney circled around and dipped under the descending, parachute, and hovered about it until he saw the girl safely on the ground. Then he heaued his machine "toward tho grandstand field and came easily down. He announced an-nounced that the girt had made a successful suc-cessful landing in an open block north of the grounds. An auto had already started for her,- aud in a few momenta she came upon the field amid a roar of applause from the assembled crowd. Mr. Maroney stated after the flight that he dropped the young woman from an elevation of 1700 feet. This is the first time that a spectacle of this sort has been attempted in Salt Lake, and it proved a "thriller" that promises to be a strong drawing card for the fair. Louis Gertson, who is the official aviator for the fair, had his machine on the grounds and in readiness for flights, but did not make any yesterday yester-day afternoon owing to the flights made by Maroney. Following the flights by Maroney an interesting aud educational exhibition drill by a selected squad from the Salt Lake fire department was given on the drill tower near the Coliseum. The tower tow-er corresponds in height to a five-story building, and the exhibition yesterday included scaling of the walls by mean's of pompier ladders, life-saving work and ladder climbing. The souad giving the exhibition was composed of Captain Andrew Eikrcm, H. H. Anderson. Harvey Uaudlev. Jnhn Stokes, Hyrum Laneenbacker, Peter Gal-ligher Gal-ligher and A. V. Morris. This exhibition exhibi-tion concluded the regular programme for the afternoon. A band concert by Ifild's Military band and a movie show in tho coliseum were tbe principal features of Iat night's programme at the fair, in addition ad-dition to the general inMer'tiou of exhibits ex-hibits in the various build i ngs. The night attendance was as good as. or better than, that of the afternoon and, even 1 hough the free atni't ion f eat u res which will he offered this week were not on hand, the rowd enjoyed en-joyed itself. The band was located in the stand near the rxhihits bnildiirjs and discoursed good mii.-ic during the entire evening. In the coliseum an infr-rc-fiiig movie show, with reels illustrating various industries, in-dustries, wa given during the evening and was well attended. Arrangements are being marie to have an open-air movie show of this nature a I so. A screen lias been hung on the o: ;h siue of the grandstand of t lie race course and a machine has been mounted in front of it. President J. C. McDonald of the fair declared liin.self well pleaded la.-l night with the first day "s a' t pndaiH-s. and with the prospects for a most successful success-ful fair week. ' ' I am certainly well satisfied with the showing made today in attendance. It is really unusual for the first day of a fair, and I believe wo will have a record-breaking attendance this year if weather conditions continue as good as they have been today. I am certainly cer-tainly well pleased with the beginning of the fair." Among the exhibit of hogs at the Utah state fair is a fine herd of fifteen from the farm of the Richards Livestock Live-stock company of Virginia, Idaho, with which .Jesse S. Richards, manager of the company, expects to carry away, most of the prizes offered for blooded 1 hogs. The hogs are of the Buroe Jersey breed and among tho herd is Richard's Defender, Ts'o. .41 i, grand champion of the Utah fair for 10.15 and a sou of the Defender, 25,S03, which was twice grand champion at the international stock show in Chicago and which sold for $5000. Mr. Richards expects to got grand champion honors this year with his famous fa-mous boar. At the .1915 fair the Richards Rich-ards Jerseys won grand champion boar, senior champion boar, grand champion sow, senior champion sow, eight first prizes, five second prizes and five third prizes. Mr. Richards says he expects to do as well this year. |