Show THE TERRITORIAL FAIR FROM WEDNESDAYS WEDNESDAY'S YS DAILY OCTOBER S- S SIt 8 It must have been gratifying gratify ing to the themen themen men who have bave put money into home bome industries and who have struggled against the thousand and one obstacles that have bave blocked the path of ot their progress to witness the public interest not to say enthusiasm which was ae manifested today at the Fair and throughout the city on account of the day being set apart as Manufacturers day The woolen mills milia shoe soap soaD cracker and broom factories and a large num num- number number ber of other home manufacturing ex- ex exhibits hibits each had bad creditable exhibits This afternoon a parade formed in front of 01 Grant Bros stables stable on OD West Temple street which was decidedly novel in character and the means of stirring up much interest t It consisted or of along a long line of vehicles bearing the proprietors proprietor of home bome manufacturing in- in institutions in institutions and their employee to the number Dumber of ot about persons The column was s headed beaded by the great Raymond coach which was wal followed by bJ the drag Utah which in turn was followed by a line lIoe of busses buslee etc The fhe boys and men meD riding in the vehicles had bad been liberally supplied with tin tinhorns tinhorns horns borns and aad the DOl noise e they made as the procession passed through the principal principal pal streets to the Fair was wal something surprising The parade was a great success The balloon ascension Fair grounds yesterday afternoon was a pronounced a success A great bight was reached and the immense crowd was much pleased By the way this scheme was a home bome enterprise The balloon was made here here and Logan Paul Pau of ot Provo was waa the business man manager ager of the affair The name Dame of the m was waa B E Harris The cannon belonging to Battery A I ot of the be Utah National Guards Guarde are placed in the rear and aDd to the south of the building They include two Gat Gal Galling Gatling ling guns which are a source of ot much interest to great crowds crowde of Fair visitors An officer of ot the battery was in attend attend- attendance attendance ance part of the day and aDd explained to spectators the operation of these guns There has bas been talk of firing ring from I one of them a quantity of ot blank car car- cartridges cartridges ar- ar just fust to show the crowd how bow rapidly they shoot but it has ha not yet been announced that this will wilt be done FROM THURSDAYS THURSDAY'S DAILY OCTOBER 4 t N Nothing has bas been done by halves at toe Lae Fair this year Everything that has bas been attempted has bas been bEeD executed on a magnificent cent scale This Is eminently true of the manner In iD which Education day was signalized today At n an n early hour frequent groups of ren on foot toot and nd on OD street oars can were making their way to the EX E Exposition p position A little later these theBe groups groupe became throngs and aid before noon the main building was wals crowded 16 to every part with children The city schools suspended for the day and in many instances teachers accompanied their classes es to the Fair in a body The small admission fee of ot ten cents was charged the chil chil- children children children dren in the forenoon and by 12 o'clock fully tu Uy five ve thousand of them had bad paid it At about noon at a meeting of the Fair directors it was decided as al Herman Bamberger ex- ex ex pressed it to up the children in the city and bring them bem to the tae Fair without montY money and without price In pursuance of or this decision decisions the school children ot of the city who hadnot had bad hadnot not visited the Fair in the forenoon I came in the afternoon to the number of thousands 4 The scene which was presented In Inthe inthe f the main building while it was J thronged with the little people beggars beggar t description but it was one which was calculated to fill till with delight the lovers 1 lovers Joers of or childhood J The children took t great interest in io everything ally especially ally aUy the of school work They Ibey t thronged the alcoves in 10 which the school work is il shown and seemed to appreciate very much what they there i The University of Utah made a very I extensive and complete exhibit of ot the work done dODe by pupils in 10 all depart depart- departments departments ments I The principals and teachers of the t several district schools of the city had bad l taken great pains to obtain from the 1 pupils specimens specimen of school work and aDd 4 great reat numbers were collected Including IncludIng including ing drawings maps essays essay etc These e have bave been so 10 arranged in alcoves alcove as to enable a visitor to readily see the kind ot of work w which blob is being done In the schools The Brigham Young Academy of Provo bad a very fine exhibit of the work done in in Its lt several depart depart- departments departments ments as al did the Sacred Heart Aca Aoa Academy Academy demy of Ogden OdeD This exhibit embraces embrace a fine collection of ot scientific apparatus anda aDda and aDd a chemical laboratory but not BOC many specimens oi of student students work half balt two o o'clock lock this By past after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon noon the grand stand outside the building wa was densely packed with hu- hu humanity manity and aDd vast crow JS is were assem assem- assembled assembled bled in front of it to witness the exercises eZ- eZ ex which were to signalize education education tion day Shortly before 8 S o'clock the enormous concourse was called to order or or- or order der by Hon J A Melville who Iq- Iq In Introduced Prof T B Lewis of ot Ogden Proto Prof Lewis has bas a stentorIan voice and aDa he be tried to make himself heard beard but thousands failed to catch his hie words He con con- congratulated congratulated the people of Utah on the 4 Fair and the management of ot the latter on the program they had bad arranged arranged d and were carrying out He said our schools were now educating the statesmen of a new and great state and declared that the exhibit of school work from kindergarten to university was wae magnificent He closed by urging the people of Utah to exert themselves elvea to perfect their school system t L wi addle address was warmly Ap- Ap Appl ap applauded pl J e On the whole Education day was wag an immense success an and wIli l 1 e a long re- re remembered by all s b aad ad indeed by hosts of adults r I E FRO FROM FRIDAY DAILY OCTOBER 0 5 The showing of agricultural products I F is immense from every point of ot view I though the space w which it is al- al allowed al allowed lowed Jawed to occupy necessarily hall had to beC be curtailed Had more room been given C It it would have looked larger and ape ap- appeared ap appeared to better ad advantage It occupies three alcoves In the wing and these are densely packed jacked with specimens of offield field and garden crops which are ocolar ocular oc- oc ocular ular olar proofs of at the he fertility of the soil sOlI or of these mountain valleys The first alcove is 18 mainly by an exhibit from Snake river valley Idaho Idabo which embraces splendid mens mens of field eld crops raised in that re- re ref re region f gion glon such euch as grains different varieties of of potatoes potatoe turnips of immense size r onions cabbages cauliflower etc A Placard over this exhibit Invites home home seekers to go to Bannock stake and andI gives the prices of ot improved farms at I from frem 8 3 to 10 16 per acre il The next alcove is filled with a col- col collection col collection lection ol or samples sample of ot field and garden I drops which appear to have come from different localities There are quashes and pumpkins pumpkins pumpkins-of of enormous size potatoes of several kinds w which bich bichI I titre re probably as fine as could be found I In any fair in the Union samples of aU all kinds of grain which are of splendid splendid splendid did quality some immense watermelons watermelons water melons a sight of which would make a darkey darkey's mouth Water and specimens specimens mens of all aU kinds of ot field and garden crops orope and vegetables all aU of ot which are areline line fine while some of them are exceed exceed- exceedIngly lu ly so 10 The The next Dext alcove Is la filled tilled with a col col- co- co collection collection lection of vegetables which embraces nearly Dearly every kind grown in field or garden in this region all ol of which were raised railed by E Briggs ot of Bountiful Bountiful ful It ia is certainly a remarkable ex exhibit hibit in the number and quality ot of the samples shown and the tact fact that all were produced by one man makes it still more remarkable Tile The next alcove contains as a por pore portion tion of a very fine display of the pr pr- pr pro products ducts of field and varieties ties of at potatoes which are simply superb and were very much admired by y large numbers of people who tX ex- examined ex examined them The names of or the the growers were not given It ia is highly gratifying to see ee the ex- ex exhibit ex exhibits hibits hibit of dairy produce which are shown bown at the Fair There is a large number DUmber of them and aDd all aU are creditable some lome of ot tb them m very much so Lorenzo Hansen of Wellsville Wells has bas a very fi fine ne display of cheese as has bas ala also alao a the Kays ville Kays-ville ville Creamery company and the Rich Rich- Richmond men mond Dairy company There is II close rivalry among these three competitors for or the highest highet award for tor cheese A still larger number of ot competitors strive for tor the highest award for butter which was given to the Charleston Creamery company It is a high honor to capture this prize I In the face of at the sharp competition for forit forit forIt it and the numerous excellent eXhibits of butter shown at the Fair of at fruits is 18 calculated to inspire the beholder with the highest enthusiasm It Is II glorious to look upon poD upon Every variety ty that will 11 grow tn In the cU climate ate of Utah la is I sh in rare 11 I beauty and perfection The Indi- Indi Individual individual vidual exhibits almost without exception exception tion Uon are very Y l-Y fine It was feared that the remarkable depression which has bas characterized the st stock ok market for or the last year or two would cause a meager exhibit of live stock at the Fair this year It Is probable that larger n numbers umbe's of ot ani ani- animals animals animals mals have been shown at former fairs airs but it is not believed that any finer ner ones have ever been seen in this Territory than are now on exhibition This applies to horses borses cattle sheep swine and poultry At 1 o'clock this afternoon the Judges viewed the competitors for or the prizes for English shire stallions Four horses borse were in c One was a chestnut entered by Sam Sam- Samuel Samuel Samuel uel Parish of Centerville another was wasa wasa wasa a brown entered by Sm Smith Smith th Bros Broe ot of Cache county another black entered by Reed Heed Smoot of Provo another was wasa wasa wasa a sorrel entered by George M Carter of this city The first named took the first prizes 1 and the second named re- re received received re received the second prize All AU four of these animal were very line oe ones and the two who took prizes were superb in tn form lorca color and aDd action besides besides being of at great siz All these a animals would have been very valuable valuable valuable able a few years ago aKa Some feeling was developed over the decision of ot the Judges and they had some lame difficulty In coming to a conclusion J Just preceding the above contest were two others others- one for the Clydes Clydes- Clydesdale Clydesdale dale daJe prize in which there were three sand the other for the prize in which there were several entries Only two Clydesdale horses were shown and the first prize 15 was given to BenJ B Harmon The same exhibitor received a gold medal for or the best Clydesdale et stallion anti get W P Bowen the noted bores breeder of Spanish h Fork shows two ma magnificent stallions ns and a amare amare amare mare of the same breed which is aI a I good match matoh for tor either The tame same ex exhibitor shows a fine tiDe French coach mare There are several everal exhibits of at Shet Shet- Shetland Shetland b land ponies some of which are very small and handsome There are horses hOlies of various breeds and classes besides those thole above mentioned de- de detailed detailed de detailed tailed reference to which cannot be given for lack of space Commencing at two o'clock this afternoon a lively contest for tor prizes took place between roadsters at Liber Liber- Liberty ty park As a whole the display of horses was large and aDd good and embraced some magnificent specimens of various breeds White Sons show several head of enormously fat tat cattle including the Sh Shorthorn and Polled Angus breeds they also exhibit a splendid Shorthorn bull and several fine cows of the same breed The animals shown bown in this ex- ex exhibit ex exhibit hibit are highly creditable John B R Winder who ba has bas long been beena a noted breeder of ot Jersey cattle shows a fine collection of ot specimens of this breed One is a magnificent bull buU and others are cows which nave haves great records as a butter makers maker There were nine head of Jersey cattle in this his ex exhibit hibit and eight of 01 them received first prizes There were also allo three head 0 of in Mr Winders Winder's exhibit exhibit two wo cows and anda and a h two Heifer heifer lf two r-two wo of which took first t 11 He b has bits also also a Devon bull which took took first prize e and seve seve- several several several ral head head bead of ot Devon cows calves and heifers Which t took ok first prizes prize This was a very ery fine lIne large and valuable ex- ex as ae a whole A Holstein bull named Sir Henry Matthias belongs to toD toD toD D Simper of ot Murray received the first prize It is a splendid animal The exhibit of sheep is very exten exten- extensive extensive extensive sive and embraces many splendid animals of or different breeds breede There were Spanish merino bucks and ewes Southdown and all aU of ot tine fine size Ilze quality and breeding bleeding This ex- ex exhibit ex exhibit hibit bini would indicate that the sheep industry is still on the advance In Utah Moot Moist of the animals exhibited exhibited in for the prizes offered for tor hogs belong to the Agricultural College This tion tion exhibits a large Jarile of Ot ani- ani jials ani-jials nals als many of at wb which which b are arEl very tine line Several different breeds are represent represent- represented ed There have t teen een a greater number of exhibits in this department nt than there are The number of exhibits in the poultry department is very large and most of them are very fine It is probe probably ably the most moet extensive collection of poultry ever shown in this Territory unless at fairs held for tor the purpose e AU All the leading varieties of ot chickens are represented and there are a large nu number m ber of pens containing pigeons of different breeds specimens of rabbits etc eto As a whole this department has bal been very well filled II 41 B FROM Fao SATURDAYS SATURDAY'S D DAILY LY OCTOBER 6 6 In determining the merits of a sam lam lampIe sample sample pIe ot of butter at the Fair flavor counts count 45 4 points grain 25 color 10 salt 10 and packing 10 total The sample l is examined and tested scientifically and the points are determined ana and the be theaward theaward award Is made accordingly The pro pro- process process cess is II scientific and the result does doft not Dot depend upon the mere opinion or caprice of ot the judges The methods of determining th the merits of a sample of |