Show UTAH'S BUILDING Ai AiSAN r SAN DIEGO ONE OF FEATURES Privately Soli Solicited it d Funds Raised to Maintain Zions Zion's s Exhibit i I I B. B B B. B Ramey Rainey manager of the Wilson hotel who went to San Diego to open the Utah building at the exposition there in inthe the in interests in interests of the Salt Lake commercial commer commer- 9 m r- r cial dat organizations returned today When the grand opening of the 1916 exposition is held March 4 Utah will willbe willbe be one of the biggest exhibitors and beyond all question our building is one of the most beautiful on the grounds Ramey Barney said Because it would have been necessary necessary necessary sary to call a special session of the legislature it was impossible to ob obtain ob- ob tam tain funds from the state to maintain I Utah's building at the exposition thi this i year Acc Accordingly the Commercial and Rotary clubs and s several veral local loca hotel si r and ea and ben began 3 cant c cam campaign to raise funds for the maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of the building The greater part of the funds necessary have at ready been raised but subscriptions are still being solicited I New Features Added Many new features are being added to the Utah building and Ramey announced announced announced an an- today that it was entirely probable that a mineral and salt ex exhibit exhibit exhibit ex- ex hibit would be placed in th the building With these two exhibits in place every Industry of Utah would be represented building occupies one of the most prominent sites on the exposition exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion grounds he said When a vis vis- enters the grounds It Is the first building of any import to be seen Grouped around th the Utah buildings are those of Montana New Mexico and Washington These also will be kept open this year under a similar arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment as ours From every standpoint the San an Diego exposition this year will out- out shadow that of last year Many large foreign exhibits at the San Francisco exposition have been removed to San Diego and are being set in place Visitors The state was highly complimented I on the unique scheme of illustrating Utah to visitors with the aid of the large relief map While I was at the exposition grounds many connected with the other buildings complimented me on the map which they said was practically the only wa way to comprehensively compre compre- ly demonstrate a states state's re re- re sources The people of Utah can ean hardly ap appreciate appreciate ap- ap predate the value of this building from froman an advertising standpoint Last year yeara a tota total of more than people vIsited vis visited vIs- vIs the building of which seven thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand were This leaves thirty- thirty three thousand people t to visit the building and gain an insight of ot the wonderful opportunities to be had here almost for a song Harvard Passenger On his return to Salt Lake Ramey went to Los Angeles and from there thereby thereby I by boat to San Francisco lie Ire was aboard the steamer Harvard when Ina in ina ina a dense fog over the golden gate at San Francisco it crashed into a schooner sinking it Four of the schooners schooner's crew were seriously Injured Ramey said that while railroad traffic traffic traffic fic to San Diego is at present izea as the result of the floods it willbe will willbe willbe be cleared within a few weeks These floods did not damage the exposition to any ny extent he said and will not in any way detract from its success |