Show TERRITORIAL F FAIR AIR M MATTERS TT S An air of exu exuberance pervaded the Fair grounds ground tOda today A small mall army was busily engaged in placing and aud arranging exhibits exhibit and every person comprised in it seemed determined to obliterate from the premises every vestige of ot d dull and hard bard time time and to tomake tomake tomake make of the Territorial Fair toil this year the finest exhibition ever seen en in this thi mountain inter-mountain region Present Indi Indi- Indications Indication cation are that this thil purpose e will be fully carried out and that In several Important respects this years year's year Fair will be the best beat we have ever efer bad had Though the work of arrangIng the exhibits l ii is not far enough enouch advanced at the present writing to give a deft deft- definite nite idea of how bow they will look It could readily be seen neD en toil this afternoon that many Improvements improvement upon former for fairs fain would be shown One of the most moet striking of these l is the tae architectural architectural tural effects which are being bei c executed Some of these theae suggest the Midway Plaisance ance of the Worlds World's World Fair at Chicago and some lome of the features feature of the Midwinter Mid winter Fair at San Francisco On the main floor there will be several leveral decidedly attractive and artistic archi archi- architectural architectural de designs igns in the construction of booths booth which will add to the beauty dignity and ana symmetry of the exhibition exhibition tion as ai a w whole bole It will be bein bein bein in order later to describe these more in detail delaU they are too incomplete at this writing to admit ef of doing this The Interior of ot the Exposition build build- building building building ing is r tastefully draped with lIag flags and bunting and the of visitors tors as well as the advantageous advant Koui dis dis- dis display play die play of ot exhibits exhibit has bai been studied is In InlayIng layIng out the aisles etc ic The building will be better lighted than ban ever before ample provision for this thil purpose hav- hav having ims ing been made In point of order r lt method and artistic arrangement this thil Fair will be superior to 0 any auy of ef its ito h ile in 18 the L and completeness of or the exhibits exhibit and de department de- de department departments it will fully equal If It It does doel not any ever before held in III Utah la In the southeastern portion of ot the main floor Is ii located the be mineral mineraI de- de department department de department the th main feature ot of f which Is the now world famed McIntosh cabi cabi- cabinet cabinet Of net This Thil collection of specimens of ores orel metals and minerals mineral took the first prize at the Columbian Colombian Exposition and also at the Midwinter Fair San Francisco It Is In charge of Mr J James me W Cushing who had Its arrangement nearly com com- completed completed completed this thil forenoon It is probably sate eafe to say lay that ItIe itis it is Ie the finest collection of 01 the kind in iD inthe inthe the world and days dayn of ot time would be required to scrutinize and properly appreciate its iti contents Near it li is an extensive collection of a similar char char- character character character acter gathered from various parts part ot of the United States and many foreign countries which Is li the property of the society and was wax obtained mainly by making exchanges at Chicago Embraced in the mineral depart depart- department department department ment are very interesting exhibits exhibit ot of Gilsonite and asphaltum Eighteen mineral mineraI products product having a com com- commercial commercial commercial mercial value obtained from the waters of ot the lake are shown Some Bome of ot them are quite costly co and they afford ample proof of the great material wealth contained In the waters of this remarkable inland se sea ea These products product are shown hown in large glass glan cars i n and they comprise a curious and interesting sUbject of 01 study tudy Mr Cushing remarked to thu the writer that the collection embraced ever every known substance of value yet dIscovered in inthe inthe inthe the waters of or the Lake except gold which one chemist claimed to have bave found therein The department of or field crops crop will willbe willbe be probably the richest and most varied ever shown hown ai as the present pro pro- prolific pro line year will afford ample mple materIal The superiority of the grains vegetables and farm arm and garden pro produce pro pro- products ducts duce generally which Utah agriculturists can furnish will wUl be abundantly shown bown The fruit exhibit will un- un undoubtedly undoubtedly un undoubtedly be the largest and finest ot of otan an any previous year The schools especially of this city and county are putting forth extra extra- extraordinary extraordinary ordinary exertions nl to convey by means ot of the educational exhibit an adEquate understanding of the work they are doing and the progress they are making A vast number and endless variety of men mens en of the work of ot pupils pupil such as a penmanship penman lp drawing essays enay maps etc will wUI be hown shown and will 1111 prove our schools to be in the van of advance advance- ad advancement advancement ment The collection of paintings painting will be bethe bethe bethe the finest ever gotten together In this Territory on any occasion conti confining Ding this statement to the productions of home bome artists artiste exclusively No other pictures will be placed on ex- ex exhibition exhibition ex exhibition Works Work by Clawson Har- Har Harwood Harwood wood Bar wood Haag Ottinger Fairbanks Evans Haten HateD Pratt Culmer Volmer and J other home bome artists will wiH be shown n Some of at these pictures picture will take the beholder by surprise l both because ot of their striking merit and the last fact lac that t the he public have baVe not been made UMie a ao- ao ac with them hem by y aD any descriptions that have been published The number of ot paint paintings g will be very TelY large Jarge and it will be well worth the price of admission lon to see ee them and aDd nothing else The feature of this yeats yeat's exposition which will appeal moat most strongly to the Interest and patriotism of the people of Utah will be lie the display of home bome manufactured commodities It will berich be berich rich and varied beyond precedent and by demonstration will 1111 prove the capabilities of ot our commonwealth for tor producing what Its Iti people need The number and merits merit of ot the different articles that are now DOW being manufactured manufactured in Utah will be a great surprise to the public For a time it was wai feared by the man man- management management management of the Fair that the display ot of live tock stock would be Inferior to what has hal heretofore been shown hown but lately breed breeders ere have awakened to the desira- desira ability ability of showing bowing what they were pro pro d and the entries that had been made up to this forenoon amply insured 1 mureda a splendid exhibition of all aU kinds kindl kind of live stock took The animals animal will 1111 be in place on the opening day and lovers loverl of the animal kingdom will find And ample gratification in viewing them hem This Thil year the opening of the Fair will be accompanied by features more attractive and striking than have at- at attended at attended tended any aay former similar occasion On Tuesday morning next October 2 the Utah National Guard will turn out In foroe force and will form in front of ot the government building in Filth East street treet between First Fint and Second South at 10 o'clock comprising a grand military pageant The column will wUI move westward to East Temple street treet and thence louth south and east to the Exposition grounds ground The pageant will include the commander commander- in in and his bla lull staff taff eleven oom com oom- companies of infantry three of ot cavalry and two batteries with cannon and Gatling guns On entering the he grounds ground the troops will pitch camp in front of ot the main building and at 2 pm p m will drill om on the be grounds ground This Thi will be the finest military display ever witnessed in Utah At high noon Immediately after atter the arrival on the be grounds ground of the military pageant th the opening exercises will be beheld beheld beheld held These will comprise music mulio by Held s band baad an opening prayer a speech by Acting Governor C O C Richards and a formal declaration ot of opening by Col John R B Winder Wilder It ItIs Itis Itla Is expected that hat there will also alio be one or more speeches by prominent gentle gentlemen men meD These Tb ee exercises e over the viii- viii visitors vl iton tors of whom there is certain to be an anI I enormous tb g will proceed to ex- ex examine ex-ami ex amine amiDe oe the exhibits exhibit to their hearts content |