Show FAIR aan AIR IQ 16 IS n U 0 na ak hon john henry smith present asks SUSA Y gares TALKS little opening program the exhibits are fine work the tha utah banty c fair in this city is a splendid success and does credit to the mutual improvement Improve nent association under whose whole auspices it is being held the agricultural and fruit exhibits are especially especial lv fine and the ait gallery would do credit to much older comma netiea cities tte ti e work shows UD well aud and the home industries mark this as instinctively a home industry county the live stock entered are far above expectations and ought to be especially especial lv beneficial to the breeders bleeders bre eders G eat cat credit is ie due tle the executive corn m cittee ettes who havu been tireless in their ef lorts mr it maeser and mrs teenie cavior deserve special mention of their z ilo ilous labors OPENING PROGRAM president B 8 S hinckley presided d at iha monday after noun bartons Du Dar tona tons band was in attendance and renewed ren bared an opening selection president eident partridge offered the ded batory prayer he thanked god for the bounteous harvest and the general prosperity of ilia and prayed that no accident would befall any one during daring the fair and the tha participation in its ita sports the orchestra rendered another beautiful selection mrs mra susa Y gates dates one ona of the gen eral of the they Y L LM W 1 I A made mada a few spirited remarks she called special attention to the work on exhibition especially the display of the utah county silk association Ano dation and that of the ornamental work of the ladles generally geue rally it seemed to the speaker with so much talent in masine artificial flowers ao much ought not to tse expended on imported millinery I 1 the officers in charge of the fair were pai smally nally complimented apostle john henry smith of the genera ly of the Y 31 M I 1 A was the next speaker he denominated utah valley with its lovely sheet of water and rounded surrounded by quati beautiful mountains the tha gem ol of the lccy mountain region it was made doubly dear to him as the place of his hh childhood and as he now gazed on tle me wonderful display of fruit and agricultural agrical products his mind went back to the pioneer times and mentally he compared the potatoes grown then with those now OR oa exhibition he could well remember when a bay helping his father plant the tha first fruit tre trees 8 in povo bovo and a good neighbor came along and abd asked incredulously bro smith do you ever expect to live to eat fruit gronn groan from trees in provo god goa has indeed smiled upon utah and its products are among the f inest finest in the land president Pies Im ident aident B S hinckley then praised the efforts of 0 the committee end and forma formally liy declared the fair open to the visitors following him came chairman haeger who said as every one could see that the exhibits were incomplete buco allete and the workmen would rather have the room than the visitors company WOMEN s WORK the work of the tha fair form one of its chief attractions and on it was berh perhaps aps pat the greatest amount of work the utah county silk associations association exhibit is proba bily ly the lue most moat interesting as it shows the production of native silk bilk in all its ita stages from the silk worm eggs to the finished cloth there are some lovely cocoons by mrs emily u of american fork and mrs mra polly collies callins of provo a fine mulberry tree and some beautiful knit articles by wm win haddenham Hadden bam tha famous worlds fair flag is there made of native silk and some lovely specimens of poplins hoplins pop lins dress goods and shawls A memorial of daniel graves and a bust of brigham young aro are noticeable the association has a twenty years history and much to draw from in past work amram mrs 31 1 till president is ia in charge of this beautiful exhibit next nest door bouth as it were is the springville Spring ville booth also mainly silk dis play by the Ee republican publican ladies association but as aa none cone was present when our reporter called the write up will have to be deferred ladies fancy work in charge of mrs J L clayton Ci ayton is bewildering to any male scribe the work Is eo vol um itous irous that mrs chaylon caay ion is having a hard bard time to place it all to advantage the point laca work is very artistic and there is much of 0 it and the drawn work is very pretty there are several crochet spreads that mus must t have cost many days and months of hard toila to iland cd a lovely colore colored I 1 af afghan ban spread we suppose that will attract great attention I 1 the needle work is exquisite some quilts beira beir a made by children ol of the primary associations one spread was worked at the kensington institution in london bonjon and must be worth an normous enormous sum many gold threads being in g used there etiore is ia straw braiding and a pair of stockings spun and knit by a girl of fifteen from raw wool f from ram the cheeps back it is no use to try to mention mantion hali half is on exhibition ech bi tion |