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Show EXHIBITS II PLACE AT MATE FAIR Displays Are Announced as Best in History of the Association. MANY HEAR CONCERT More Than 4000 Sunday Visitors Entertained by Official Band. Today's Programme 10 a. m. Gates open. Judging fcegins in all departments. 2 p. m. Horse races; lady auto races; auto polo vaudeville acts on race track; the Ten Zug Zug Arabs; the Six Flying Lamys; Leville Sisters; Sis-ters; Martine Brothers ; Haleros ' s circus; Five Freres de Kork. 8 p. m. Official opening thirty- , ninth annual Utah state fair; exer- j cises in Coliseum. j Music hy Held's band. j . Invocation, Eight Rev. Bishop j Joseph S. Gria-ss. Introduction of Governor Bamberger, Bamber-ger, President William S. Eomney. Address, Governor Simon Bamberger. Bam-berger. Official ideclaration of opening, President William S. Bo nine y. 8:30 p. 'in. Grand fireworks spectacle, spec-tacle, "The War of Nations," 350 people participating; auto polo and free acts. At 10 o'clock this morning- the gates of the fair grounds will be thrown open, ushering In the official opening day of the thirty-ninth annual Utah state fair. Although Al-though a number of displays and exhibits from distant parts of the stale were late in arriving, the committee in charge declares de-clares that everything is now in readiness and that the showing far exceeds Its wildest expectations. In the afternoon, at 2 o'clock, horse races, women's auto races and polo races will be some of the feature? of the outdoor entertainments. With a patter of vaudeville and Held's Mill tan- -band to furnish the m u seal numbefe, nothing remains undone to make the fair a thrilling success. Yesterday afternoon Governor Simon Bamberger and Mrs. Bamberger visited the fair under the guidance of President W. S. Romney of the State Fair association. associa-tion. The governor was shown through all the buildings and expressed himself as being more than satisfied with the displays and well pleased with the results achieved by the committee in charge of arrangements. Former Governor William Spry and Mrs. Spry were among the early visitors, who came down quietly to enjoy the exhibits before the large crowds, begin be-gin to throng: the grounds today. Although the skies were heavy yesterday yester-day nnd there was occasionally a patter of rain, more tlian 4000 i isitors went through the gates. Held's band furnished the entertainment for the crowds In the afternoon. The musical features of the fair are listed as superior to those of former years, as several of the finest bands in the state have been secured to dispense music dnrhig every hour of every session. One of the musical features will be the contest con-test between the ladies' bands from southern Utah, which have gained a wide reputation for their splendid work. Next Friday has been set aside as school children's day and is expected to be the record attendance day of the week. Among the exhibits of the schools will he the results of the children's war gardens, which are claimed to (rival the result;: of the old truck gardeners. This group of exhibits will also show the new work taken up by the different schools during the past year. Displays Are Superior. i Many visitors to the fair yesterday de-! de-! cla red that in general the displays are superior this year to those of last. The hoot lis are attractively and beautifully decorated and care has been taken to show the displays to the best advantage. advan-tage. The growth of the popularity rf ! the state fair was evidenced yesterday by the large number of new exhibits which have 'been added to the different groups. The most noticeable of these are in the livestock exhibits, which show some of the best-'bred cattle from eastern east-ern establishments of well-known cattlemen cattle-men occupying places of honor, i The electrical pavilion created a great deal of interest yesterday, which was aroused by the displays showing the ccnpcrvation of food and man power. The Utah Lharht & Traction company, wh'.ch had charge of this pavilion, has decorated it in autumn leaves and colored lights. Two booths are devoted entirely to con-tin con-tin nous demonstra Lions of the electric range and the electric bake oven. Music from electrically operated instruments installed in-stalled by the "Song Shop" ;s one of the features of the pavilion. j Concert Is Appreciated. j Krlward Fitzpatrtck delighted the big concert audience with a suite of two ;v!olir. solos, Schumann's "Traumerei" . ; and Xevin's "The Rosary." The accom-: ;pnniment to the work of the violinist was ; 1 phiye.d chiefly by the wood-wind section of Held's Military band, which is the offi- j clal musical organization of the fa ir. I , These special numbers proved a splendid j innovation in the concert, and the solo- I ist s masterly rendition brousht to bin; I the satisfaction of almost unbounded applause ap-plause from the assembled throng, ' ! Wr.gner's magnificent overture, "Rion-zi." "Rion-zi." was used as the opening concert number and special credit is due the first horn and basso pin vers for their hisrhly creditable work. The entire composition wjs especially well done by the band, and the musician ly rendition reflects credit on the organization's nJnlitv to pro-ilu- e a standard work of hish 'standin In the musical world. Meivsr?. Paer. Westover. Tlerrmk and Sims also performed exiellent work in the comet and clarinet solo work occurring oc-curring in the "Bohemian Girl" operatic selection, the composition ns a whole be-in," be-in," well played by the ban 1. Another selection which met with popular popu-lar approval was Dan Gonfiw's arrangement arrange-ment of "Airs of Scotland and Ireland." the enthusiastic reception of the piece d-notin d-notin the presence in the a udlen.-e of entente allies in overwhelming numbers. No- all serious or class;c were the numbers. however. for comeiv nnd h'hiT it y found expression in "The Musicians' Mu-sicians' Strike," "Oh, Johnnie. Oh. Johnnie. John-nie. Oh." and "What's the Matter With rather?' The otlT-r number on the programme pro-gramme was ""za rd a ' s T,.ist Love. ' a dainty bit which ro-pivM excellent treatment treat-ment by Pirector John Held and his instrument in-strument aJ!si5. |