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Show - BIG STATE FUR - FORMALLY OPEN TO M PUBLIC Governor Spry Delivers Address Ad-dress in Which He Compliments Com-pliments the Association Associa-tion Officials. j EXPOSITION IS BEST L EVER HELD IN UTAH t I Exhibits Are Given High . Praise by the Attendants; Many Unique Features. 1 TODAY'S FAIR PROGRAMME. 10 a. m. Continuation of judging in all departments. 2 p. m.- Horse races. 3:30 p. m. Programme of fr&a attractions on carnival grounds. 4:30 p. m. Speed contest be-k be-k tween George Brown, world's cham- pion walker, a-nd an automobile on race track. 5 p. m. Auto polo game in front of grandstand. , 5:30 p. m. Louis Gorton in aero plane flights. 7:30 p. m. Vaudeville features in coliseum. 9 p. m. Free attractions on car-f car-f nival grounds. 9:30 p. m. Louis Gerton looping the loop in aeroplane with fireworks fire-works display in midair. In the presence of a crowd that thronged the coliseum last night, the thirty-eighth annual state fair of Utah was officially opened and dedicated by Governor William Spryr The important event was marked by I "Ihe presence, besides the governor, of his official staff in full uniform, state officials, officials of the fair, city and county officials of the state, in addition to a big and enthusiastic crowd of visitors vis-itors from every section of the commonwealth. common-wealth. The ceremonies were brief, but inter-y inter-y t eating, and included a good musical programme, pro-gramme, an address ,by Governor Spry 1 and the official declaration of the opening by President J. G. McDon- eld of the board of fair directors. The ceremonies were followed by an amusement amuse-ment programme. Greatest Yet Given. Utah's fair, which was officially started on its successful course by the governor of the state, gives every prom- a , jse of being tho greatest exposition of its sort the state has ever given, and t in the past thirty-eight years some most I excellent fairs have been held. This f vear, however, the fair association has Jk hail the advantage i(f years of dcvelop-r dcvelop-r ment and progress in every line of industry in-dustry in tho commonwealth, with its attendant production of advanced ideas t and improved products, to draw from. NThe result is the gathering togother within the grounds of a wide assortment assort-ment of tho finest products of tho soil and the best achievements of every industry. in-dustry. .Never before hns there been such wiiio variety of exhibits, and it is safe to say that never before have these products of labor and industry attained II such high degree of perfection as is to y bo seen in tho exhibits offered by every M depnrtniont of the exposition. The ex- hibits fully justify the pride felt and expressed by the governor and officials of the fair in offering to the people of Utah the condensed evidenco of the state's industry and progress. Mow in Full Swing. The fair was in full swing yesterday in every lino of attraction. Vith the opening of the gates at IU o'clock yes- tcrday morning every exhibit practically practical-ly was in readiness" for inspection by the public aud ready for the even more critical examination of the judges who will in ake the awards to winning com- m pctitors. The day opened cloudy and a little damp, with threatening rain; the grounds were a little muddy in places and the race track was somewhat heavy, Y but. this did not deter goodly crowds of people from spending at least a portiou of the day or evening visiting the great display and enjoying the splendid' programme pro-gramme of sports and amusements offered of-fered for the entertainment of visitors. k Unavoidable railroad delays prevented tho midway attractions from getting in Sunday night and, as a result," t boy did not reach the grounds until about'noon yesterday. In the afternoon, however, J tents were raise. 1 on tho space allotted I to these attractions and by night some 1 of the shows wero iu operation. All of the varied aud interesting features of the shows going to make up this feature fea-ture of the general programme will bo toady for business with the opening of the gates this morning. A feature of yesterday's Attendance , (Continued on Page Seven.) THOUSANDS II . ATTENDANCE IT . FIJPENING Crowds From All Parts of State Pour In Despite the Bad Weather Conditions. (Continued from Page One.) upon the fair was tho presence of stu-. stu-. donrs and teachers from the Granite district schools. Yesterday was Granite Gran-ite day at the exposition and several sev-eral hundred students and teachers spent most of the day ami a part of the evening inspecting the exhibits and enjoying" the sport and amusement features fea-tures of the day 's programme. The morning was given over entirely to inspection of exhibits in tho various departments .by the visitors and the judges of the divisions began their work of judging exhibits, so that awards may "be announced as soon as possible. The afternoon's programme was ushered ush-ered in with a band concert by lleld's Jlilitary band, followed by a good card i of racing events on the track, which, in- I eluded four raizes. Despite wind and a slow track, there was a good crowd in Trie grandstand and bleachers to witness j, the events. After the races the Hankinson auto polo teams gave an exhibition of auto polo on the race track in front of the : grand stand that proved to be one of the most "exciting aud interesting fea- tu res of the afternoon :s programme. Auto polo is something entirely new to people of this section of the country and, judging from the game played yesterday, yes-terday, which was won by the American team .by a score of o to 2 in twenty- seven minutes' time, it will be one of the strongest attractions at the fair. The game furnishes excitement from the moment it starts until it finishes. The game is played much the same as horse polo, save the players are mount- cd ojo autos instead of horses and a ball like a rugby football is used. The object ob-ject of each team is to drive the ball from the eeiffer of the field through the goal of the opposing team, the goals, being marked by steel standards bearing the flags of the respective countries. In view of the fact that the goal standards are only about ten feet apart and the "ball must be driven between the standards stand-ards to count a score, the difficulty of the game is apparent. The machines used are merely frames. ! dripped to the last possible ounce and provided with high hoops over the back, fio that when they turn over the machinery machin-ery will not he broken and they may be righted at once. Full of Excitement. Each machine is manned by a driver and a mallet man. who sits on a running hoard on tho right side and wields his mallet", while the driver follows up the ; bail after each stroke. The ball is placed ' . . in the center of the field and the opposing machines dash toward it, each seeking to make u drive uf tiie ball toward the other's xoat. Tliis sometimes results in t'Olli&ions, smash-ups and oilier accidents, but I he aairc yesterday was free from accident. 1vioe the machines smashed wheels, but other machines were immediately imme-diately run onto the Held, and the game was kept soing almost without interruption. interrup-tion. Hciveral limes, in making sharp turns and in dodging another car, the cars j turned completely over, the occupants jumping to safely. Once t he American machine ran into the Cnglish machine and completely upset it. The English team jumped to safety, righted their machine ma-chine and took up the game as though nothing had happened. Several times the teams got the ball in close quarters between their machines and the manipulation of the autos by the drivers was remarkable ' to witness. The machines jumped forward, moved backward, back-ward, turned almost like they were on a pivot, and swerved 3 round as though thev were human. To observe the drivers watch the ball and handle their machines so as to avoid accidents as much as possible pos-sible and yet keep the mallet man after the ball made the crowd in the grand-stand grand-stand and bleachers rise in their seats and howl with pleasure. Auto polo is by far the most exciting feature on the sports programme. Composition of Teams. The American team is composed of Paul Henderson, captain and driver, with "Chick" Adams wielding the mallet. The English team is captained by Ray Lamp-kin Lamp-kin and the mallet is handled by Ray Clavpool. Owing to high wind. Gertson. tlue aviator, avi-ator, was unable to make a flight in his biplane yesterdav afternoon. After the auto polo contest, the Sun-nyside Sun-nyside prizewinning mine rescue team of the Utah Fuel company gave a. demonstration demon-stration of mine rescue work in a tunnel especially constructed for the occasion and a smoke-room provided to x demonstrate how the helmets work in smoke or gas-filled gas-filled mines. The members of the team denned their helmets and suits and entered the tunnel, the sides of which were open, so the public might witness the operations of the crew. They showed how ttuey work in underground tunnels, getting to and rescuing res-cuing imprisoned miners. A member of the team played the part of an imprisoned impris-oned miner for the demonstration. The rescuers went to him. administered first aid, used the respirators and took him out of the tunnel, then demonstrated how first aid is rendered to an unfortunate miner, who may have been overcome by gas or may have been injured in an accident. ac-cident. In the smoke-room a demonstration was given of how the rescuers can enter gas-hiled gas-hiled tunnels or stonVs and rescue men. The room was filled with the most deadly I of gases, unci the men with their oxygen helmets entered it and demonstrated how they could move about and perform their , work without the k-ast difficulty, or any ill-effects from the deadly gas. An explanation of every feature of the work was Riven in detail by a speaker who followed the movements of the crew and explained the purpose and meaning to the assembled crowd. Governor Spry Speaks. The event of the evening was the dedication dedi-cation ceremonies in the Coliseum. Governor Gov-ernor .Spry and members of his staff, in :ull uniform, arrived on the fair grounds .suortly before & o'clock, and were escorted to thu Coliseum entrance by Held's military mili-tary band. The band gave a short concert con-cert in front of the building, then continued con-tinued the concert inside. President J. G. McDonald of the Fair association called the audience to order after the band selection, and Dr. James E. Talmage offered the Invocation. President McDonald said: "We want to show you what wo are doing. And, I want to say that If It had not bem for Governor Spry vou woujd not nave had this Coliseum in which to hold this opening. We are about to lose him, and we will ,ose the best friend the Utah State fair has ever had." Governor .Spry spoke briefly: "I want to congratulate the fair board upon the hue exhibits shown on the fair grounds tuts year. I want to thank them for their untiring services, which have been given gratuitously to the work which thev have o successfully performed. I feel that the entire state is under obligation to them for what they do for the state, because if it were not for them there would be no fair. On behalf of the people of Utah I desire to express thanks to the board members for what they have done." Refers to Contests. In referring to the competitive contests m the fair the governor declared he hoped th05s who lose will be good losers and that I l icy "n ill-continue to support the fair with ;tbe idea that, though thev may lose this t me, they may win the next. He declared that life is a constant competition and that it is after all the survival of the flt-i flt-i test. j The governor declared he would like to see a generous appropriation for the fair from the legislature and would like to see tne men and women who devote their time and energy toward making it a success set something for their efforts. He declared de-clared that the fair Is as much an educational educa-tional institution as anv institution of learning, and he thought it deserved the most support possible. At the conclusion of the governor's address, ad-dress, which was In dedication of the fair, the band played "Columbia." The governor and his party then moved to the opposite side of Liif CiiUoum aiui a programme of vaudeville stunts and an auio ijoIo game were staged. The vaude-vme vaude-vme programme included Blake's comedy cjicua. a dog and pony show, trick bi-cj. bi-cj. L-nsis and acrobatic feals. riiw entertainment programme was con-niucu con-niucu with on exciting polo game between i laiiKinson's English and American teams. T.ie American team won by a score of iu 4. uuring the early evening the "crack" inn team of the Salt Lake lire department ae an exhibition of life saving and fire :miumg just outside the Coliseum on the Lower that was erected for the firemen's cm;ntions. Wind and rain, which started tany in the evening. Interfered with this performance, however, as it did also with several of the Midway attractions which opened for the first time last night. List of Judges. .lodging in the manufacturers' and merchants' mer-chants' departments is to commence this morning at 10 o'clock, according to announcement an-nouncement made last night by the fair officials. For this work Samuel C. Park, J. P. Gardner and George G. Smith have been chosen as judges. Tho complete list of judges is as follows: Tlorses A. L. Wool-ery. Wool-ery. Cattle Beef, William Hislop: dairy, A. Woolery. Sheep and swine Mr. Potter. Poultry A. William Quay. B. A. M. Cromwell. Horticulture Leon D. Batchelor. Agriculture Dr. F. S. Harris. Utah manufactures Samuel C. Park. J. P. Gardner. George G. Smith. Fine arls Professor Charles Brown, Mrs. Snvder, Mrs. Wells, Miss McDcrmid and Ralph Savage. Culinary Mrs. Johnson. Worn- i en s work Mrs. J. TX Spencer. Mrs. Stan- j ley Clawson and Miss Mary Tucket I. SHOWING IS THE BEST EVER SEEN AT EXPOSITION Nearly all exhibits In the various departments de-partments of the Utah state fair were in completed shape yesterday morning when the gates of the grounds opened at 10 i o'clock. As a result, the work of judg- j ling in all departments was. begun at 10 i o'clock by the various judges and will be continued from day to day until all , awards are made. I Installation of some of the educational ! exhibits in the Manufacturers' building was not completed yesterday morning, : but all were in shape before night. There was some work still to be done on some of the outdoor exhibits, but all of these are expected to be completed by this mornlnar. All entries !n the blooded livestock division di-vision were on hand yesterday and the judging in this division was commenced. , Tho livestock 'show is one of the most extensive h nd finest that has ever been ecti at the fair. Many County Exhibits. In the Horticultural buildins are housed all the rnttnty exhibits and several otherN spc;:i exlrbits of more, than ordinary interest. One of the most extensive and ini resting of these is that of the Salt Lake P.o, ii-1, wiich comprises a varied and exlenice showing of grains, fruits, i-r::oi;tblcs, nuts and berries grown along its lines. Thcrf are products of the soil from Imn. Beaver. Millard and Washington conn" ies, i.iui, in addition an excellent showing of axains and vegetables laised on the Malmo experimental farm, evidencing evi-dencing what may be accomplislipd in an apriciiltur.il way by means of irrigation fro-n wells. The Kvf-r Frsh Food company has an interesting display of evaporated fruits and ve'-t.ibls, the mpnu embracing cvf rvtliiiiLr from sliced and dried potatoes to th most perishable berries. A unique and interesting exhibit ip sup- . Plici hy tb-r- I'tc Indians of Ournv and l"tnu. which includes samples of Indian j band work by the squaws and an extensive exten-sive vari-vy of grains, vegetables and , fi-ni; raided by the Indian farmers. That ;he Indian can be a successful farmer is dcinonslra;e 1 by the excellence of the r-mdu.-t . f the soil which go to make up the exhibit. 'Salt Lake Represented. I Salt bane county is represented with i an exhibit that is a credit to it. despite 'the fact that it had to he i;:thcre.l to-,etuer to-,etuer in a w.-ek's time. The matter of j a county t.;:itit was taken up with the United Commercial clubs of the county about thr.-e weeks ago by the county commissioners, and the United clubs decide.; de-cide.; it was too laLe to attempt to gather materials lor the exhibit. The entire matter was then dropped and there was a general unrterHtaining tiiat Salt I.ake county would not attempt to have an exhibit ex-hibit this year. Just a week before the opening day of the fair, however, the county commission decided to mtike a showing and instructed J. C. Stay, county horticulturist, to pro- j reed with it. Sir. Stay, assisted by Jl fiber Webb, county farm demonstrator, got busy and they have gathered together and exhibited In a most attractive manner man-ner a lare and varied showing of the fruits, vegetables, grains and other farm products raised in the county. While the exhibit is not so irreat in variety as it mi.ciit have been with longer time to prepare, pre-pare, it, the products shown are of t he best grade rnd the county Is in the race for tiie grand prize. Davis county Iirs a splendid exhibit, in which its apples, peaches and canned goods form an important part. Boxelder has a splendid showing of grains,' fruit3 , and vegetables. Cache Exhibit Unique. Cache county and Cache valley, labeled as the pla -e which hows with milk and honev. have a unique exhibit in which honey Is one of the chief features and is on exhibition in every possible form. An artificial walerfall, over which milk constantly con-stantly flows, carries out the idea of the valley flowing with milk and honey. Its showing of grains and vegetables Is extensive ex-tensive and excellent from a standpoint of quality. Morgan county Is on hand with an extensive ex-tensive showing of honey, beeswax, vegetables vege-tables and canned fruits, in addition to grains. Utah county Is represented in a most excellent showing of Jonathan apples from Pleasant Grove. One entire section of the building is given over to a showing exclusively ex-clusively of the Jonathan apple. But this is only a part of the general apple show, which is housed in the Horticultural Hor-ticultural buiklin?. The exhibit of apples j is probably more varied and finer than J has ever been seen in Utah. Some ex- j perts who have seen apple shows in other states of Oie west declare that the j Utah show is ahead of most of them and i compares most favorably with any. Every j variety of apple- Rrown is included in the j show, and for nuality and flavor they j are as fine as can be found anywhere. Another Attractive Booth. The Portei -Walton company has an artistic and pleasing exhibit of flowers j and seeds that furnishes a most attractive attrac-tive booth in the Horticultural building. Utah county also has a general exhibit of farm products', a feature of which is the sugar beets, which Is one of the principal products of the soil in that county. The Agricultural college exhibit, which is housed in a building by itself, is one of the finest the college has ever had at the fair. It is unusual in many respects. The work of every branch of the college is shown, both by means of charts and maps and in the finished products of the students In each lino of educational activity. ac-tivity. A relief map, lighted with varicolored, vari-colored, tiny electric bulbs, shows at a glance the various sections of the state in which the experimental farm work has been carried on. Products of this work indicate the results achieved. Illuminated pictures show actual scenes on the experimental ex-perimental farms. Tn the Agricultural building the American Amer-ican Smelting & Refining company has an inteiesring exhibit indicative of its agricultural research work. The principal princi-pal feature of this is the showing of grains. In the ame building is an excellent showing of products from the Winchester experimental farm. The grains and vegetables veg-etables shown in this exhibit are aB fine as may be found anywhere, and the variety va-riety is almost unlimited. Work of Boys and Girls. It Is in this building that are housed the products of the work of the boys' and girls' clubs iii agricultural and home economics eco-nomics activities, and the showing is a revelation to the visitor. It includes handwork, hand-work, needlework and fancy work of all sorts by the girls and products of the soil raised by the boys and girls on their experimental ex-perimental grounds. Exhibits in- farm products are on hand from the clubs of Davis, ToDele. Iron, Utah, Cache and Boxelder counties and from the Jordan and Granite school districts of Salt Lake county. In the needlework department there are exhibits from the clubs of Cache. Box-etdcr, Box-etdcr, Wasatch and Davis 'counties and from the Jordan and Granite school districts dis-tricts of Salt Lake county, E. E. Smith of Bountiful has a splendid splen-did exhibit in this building of new grains grown by "him on his Davis countv farm. A well-screened and sanitary kitchen has been provided in a corner of the building, where girls of the various clubs give daily demonstrations of baking. The Manufacturers' building presented an attractive sight yesterday. All the exhibits had had the final touches placed on them and the building was a center of attraction for visitors all day. Among the exhibits in this building are those of the Culmers company's oils, the Sterlline company's sterilizing products. I the Utah Double Tread Tire company, Utah Oil Refining company and Salt Lake Mattress company. Extensive Exhibit. Hewlett Brothers have an unusuallv extensive ex-tensive and attractive exhibit of their teas, coffees, spices, crushed fruits, marmalades, mar-malades, cakes and other products of their extensive manufacturing industries in Salt Lake. The showing made by this companv is one of the largest and most attractive in the building. A feature in connection wil h the exhibit Is 1 he serving of delicious de-licious sandwiches and hot cups of coffee by prelty girls in charge of the exhibit. Other exhibits are those, of the Iam-ber- Manufacturing compinv. Purity Uis-cuit Uis-cuit cumpany Bennett Paint and Glaps I companv. Barrett company, Utah Concrete j Pipe company. Borden's evaporated milk, ! Norwalk Burial Vault company, Piere-',$ pure foods, Sumipe Cereal companv, Sweet Candy company. International Mac- j aroni company. J. G. McDonald Choeo- ! late company. Utah-Idaho Sugar jnm- Pny, Salt Iake Hardware company. Ski- doo Washing Powder company, Sego Miik j company. J. Durbin Surgical and Dental : Supply company. Mutual Creamery com- j Both the McDonald and Sweet Candy! companies have unusually large and at- : tractive displays of the products of their factories. Candy In every form and fashion la artistically displayed. There is an unusually large exhibit of women's fancy work and other varieties of needle work that Is proving a great attraction to tiie women visitors to the fair. The Utah-Idaho Sugar company has a decidedly unique display. Tiie booth represents rep-resents the .Shoshone falls in Idaho, which furnishes power for operating most of the i sugar factories, and in addition the company com-pany has a display of various articles of i food witii a card showing the comparative : food' value of sugar as contrasted against each particular article of food. The sugar is shown to have the greater food value in every instance, and the comparison is shown against twenty-seven diffent articles ar-ticles of staple diet. 7,. C. M. I. has a full-fledged shoe factory fac-tory in operation as its exhibit, and the visitor is enabled to see a a shoe in process of making from the time it is cut from the leather until it is ready to deliver to the customer. Another unique display is that of the I International Macaroni company. The booth is a miniature replica of an old English inn. the outer walls of which arc covered with letters of the alphabet and figures cut from macaroni. Over the windows win-dows band curtains of string macaroni, the decorations Inside are all of macaroni maca-roni and pictures of th$ leading business men of the city, which adorn tiie walls, are framed in macaroni. Macaroni is served to visitors in the attractive dining I room of this novel macaroni hotel. I On the balcony of the Manufacturers' I r building are installed the various school exhibits and an exhibit by tiie Burroughs Xaiure Study association. This exhibit consists of pictures of tiie various birds with legends appealing to everyone to join in the movement for protection and preservation pres-ervation of litre life and all animal life. The Salt Lake City public schools have an unusually large and extensive display of the products of their various branches of educational activities, from penmanship penman-ship to art, handicraft work and products of the manual training departments. A similar disolay is installed by the L D. S. schools that is a credit to the schools. The Murray, Granite anil Cache county schools also have exhibits that are now being installed. In the art department all exhibits have been installed, and the list of entries includes in-cludes portraits, paintings of scenes and other work by the best artists of the state. In the Minerals and Merchants' build -(Continued on Page Eleven.) BIS STATE F! OPEN TO Tl PUBLIC (Continued From Iige Seven.) msr 1hrp ia an oxcpllfjit display of min-r-rals T'ro?n every ,4.ion of the state.; ill tis tr:i t i n tl.e sreat 'mlnini? and Tninal indufiiri'-s oi' iim conmnnwealth. Some nf tiie ItiK-st spfi'in-; rvus of ore and minerals min-erals ever seen ore included in this ex-; nihil'. ;' ' 'i rn y Brothers have an artistic exhibit of mei'i'handise i.ri cinihinp. In the iHpiiu-iu j-i, Fred Y. Cltambera, ' ilpti and Kiime eAitnissloner, has Ids dis-piny dis-piny fisii an j piine birds in shape.1 ISvery variety of 'trout and otlier Raine fish io he found in Vtah's streams are lo be seen in the b'i aquariums, as well as excellent .spec i nens of the pame birds ,ihHt may he f.cund in mountains and val-j val-j leys of the stii.te. i Fine Poultry Exhibit. The poultry building is chuck-full of the ! finest hird.s to lie found in the west, and this show promises to be one of the lead- . intr features of the entire- fair. With ne:irly :;OOJ birds on exhibition tn tliis building U is a day's task to look over them. Tiie work of judging this exhibit is now lender way. All tl i-a blooded stock housed In the ! Coli.seu j?. was on hand yesterday mornlnfr, 1 and a Vner collection has never been seen 1 in the -state, It is declared by those who I should, know. The livestock departments are filled In every division with some of the finest stock., the state has produced, and the great 1 livestock pageant to he held Thursday aft-. erncx-,n in front of the grandstand, promises, prom-ises, io he one of the most interesting even- afforded fair visitors. |