Show 1 NATIONAL SALT LAKE FAIR FAK IN N 1912 9 2 I Let LAt TJ us have a n. national fair In Salt Lake Lako In 1912 1012 Four of ot or tho most active business men of or the city ero talking talking- of ot tho the I and Its opportunities on a n. recent da day and one ono of or them said ahI What do you ou think of this suge- suge tion to havo a a. national fair in this city In in 1912 All three of or tho the others declared I themselves pleased with tho the Idea i They exchanged comment upon IL Thc They thought of or new advantages es as they the spoke And the they pledged ed themi themselves them them- i selves to do all nIl in their power to help bring such mch a fair to this city in tho the year ear mentioned 4 j It Is la not entirely l new and yet et nothing nothIng noth noth- ing InS definite has been In the matter mat nat ter One night half hair a n. dozen business businessmen men gathered In tho the office of or Thomas TL R. R Cutler and talked cd of or the project or Bransford was waa there and Charles Quigley and Charles W. W Y Nib Nib- I ley and To Joy Johnson and W. W S. S McCornick McCornick Mc- Mc Cornick and antI Geor George o P. P ODell and andt t Thomas Bauor They Thov canvassed the tho matter and md referred it to a new com com- which tho the chair appointed He Ho named Mayor 1 Bransford as chairman of oC that new committee and Mr Bransford has been so busy husy that he has h s not yet ot called his committee to to- to gether Ho believes such a a. fair properly properly properly prop prop- erly conducted would be an excellent thing for tor tho the city for the state slate and for or every Individual lie He will wm certainly certain certain- ly 11 soon oon get Act his committee to together ether It would take tako a a. million dollars of Utah mone money to get et such a 1 rat fair 1 It would require help from Crom tho the general government and it is certain tho gov- gov Oy- Oy with tho Utah delegation friendly to tho the administration would easily be willing to aid any uny Utah project pro pro- that camo with good reason In 1912 there thero will bo be a 0 bl big fair fah In Tokio Japan It will probably bo be tho the most moat Interesting exhibition over ever held L from tram nil all over Europe and America meric will go there They are arc aro In Interested Interested In- In In Japan and the Japanese people havo o given cn evidence that tho they can can provide matter that will well repay repay re re- re- re pay Ty that Interest Got to Conic Come Close e. Everyone E who ho goes es from tho limo United States or from Europe Europa will go o on around tho the world world with with a a. very few fow exceptions It will cost no more It will take no moro time than to return by tho the out going route If Jr they go goV V around the world no zio matter mattel whether the they start from Europe or from toni an any point in America they will havo have to go through or near Salt Lake c. c The They maJO may ma- go JO b by the northern route and miss u uby us b by BOO miles mUes They ma may go b by the southern route and miss us Just as completely though not so fa far fai 1 But whether by tho the north or the tho south tho they will make mala R R. detour and visit Salt SaIl Lake Jake If we wo of the city invite th them m with an adequate national fair And It if we wo tell teU them of It before they start they thoY will got get their tickets to Tokio Toldo and return via Ia Ia Salt Lake Lake everyone of ot them Wo We will Ul got ot a million of ot visitors visitors visit visit- ors that never neter would conic como to tho ell city I Per Cent Increase in Population and Best Advertised City in the World by an any other means Besides thero aro thousands of or people people peo peo- pie in this tills country countr who want to see Salt Lako Lake They have ha heard of it altheir all al their lives lI No other othel elL city on earth is known b by name namo to so many of thorn Of or no other city is there so 80 strong a desire to l know now Of Or none is hero so little of ot trul truly accurate general enera mation The Tho commonest customs ol ot the tho state and Its people are unknown to 0 the tho rest of or tho the country countr as 38 If LI Utah were In the middle of ot Africa People want to come here and see sec for them them- selves sel Thousands Thousand and thousands of or them can cnn be brought here Our can demonstrate to the national government go em govern govern- ment tho the safety of or helping to fo finance tho fair fall and counting on gate gato ato re receipts ro- ro to return return- the thc money Tho gore government gov gor- e will put up buildings a of oC its own and send hero exhibits c. that will willbo Willbe willbe be bo worthy seeing And for once In tho the lifetime of or the state all nil our people will wili be Interested in making the Yer very ery best possible dis ills play Do you realize what that means Never Nc have our people seen tho the evidences evi 1 dences denees of or their own wealth assembled Never r has th there thero ro been an occasion whon when tho the riches of or the state could ho bo gathered to together ether Here Herp are arc iron mines bl bigger than anything on the lie shores of or Lake Lalo Superior There re Is Iron enough h in Utah to build half haIr a dozen railroads s clear across the tho contInent continent con con- build bridges wherever er there thero are streams and provide tho the steel for forthe forthe the tho engines to draw the thc freight ht There Thoro It is coal enough h In Utah to drive all tho the ships that swim in tho seas scan from now till the ships shall fall taU to 10 pieces There Thero it is rock enough in Utah to buld luid all aU the thc cities between bel Now York YOlk and Chicago o. with brick enough lefto left lef en ento to mako a a. covered way from Crom Duluth to tho Isthmus of l Panama anama There la is enough asphalt II in Utah to pave have al altho nil ull tho streets of all an tho the cities in tho the in- in tor mountain region relon and cement enough h to gutter guttor a gully around the thc Caspian sea There Is onyx enough h to build half hof halfa a a. dozen state capitols and marble enough nough to make mako a n. Parthenon in o e every county count seat scat is productive soil enough to ralso raise foodstuffs for all the armies that Napoleon ever led to battle and sheep enough to them Ulem and leave lea blankets blan blan- kots for their desolate wives I at nt home There Thero are arc cattle enough h to feed all an antho tho the hungry In all tho cities of tho the nation na na- na- na tion and chickens enough to provide pro Europe with eggs There Thero are aro moro more Jewels in the mines of Utah than the tho pits of contain contain con con- tain tam and women beautiful enough to wear vear them There aro are men enough h In tho state to give the tho biggest gest national fair since time the Worlds World's Columbian e exposition in at Chicago o with tho the exception of or the thc mammoth show how at nt St St. Louis I In 1904 and totally outclassing those that tha have been counted successes In th the minor cities All J Mode Successes I. C-I. Portland gave an au exposition that tha paid in every way Omaha In 1898 when there was a n. forel foreign war nr ma mad o even en gave o It Its stockholders the their money and counted the advertisement worth more than the thc fair all cost Jamestown would have havo been a success If Ir It had hatI been leen eIther cither at Jamestown o or Norfolk or aI Newport News Tho rho New Orleans fair of or years cars ago was a sue sue- ce cess I. That at Buffalo made mone money fo for Cor forthe tho the people who provided it There has never Jw been a n. properly r managed fa fair ft In this country which has not given value received received and and more And no city cILy big bit or little can cai give Ive a fair with wHit so many ar arguments for success as can Salt Sail Lake Four years from now Salt Lake Lalio will wll certainly have population Only the tho most unexampled unprecedented unprecedented dented reversal can prevent that re re- re suIt stilt B By tho the late tIme the city is going goin I now an and amid has been going for the time pas past seven seen years years- that lint number will bo he greatly increased ased But it seems entirely entire entire- ly lv safe safo to may tay ay tho timo city elty will have havo population in 1 1912 2 2 It had a n. lIlUe littie lit lit- tie Ue over in 1900 when the thc last government census was made That will be bc an increase of practically practically alJ ally IH per r cent In Iii 12 years ear It ItIs Itis Its Is s not counting chickens ena before the thc they ire are hatched It is as Rs near a n. ble Ic forecast a an as can bo be made by man An And it is the most amazing record I made mudo b by any city in the United States Slates 1 of any size or Of course there arc arc- Oklahoma Oklahoma Ok Ok- lahoma cities that had 1 00 people one year ear ago and people next year cur And that is time the samo same percentage percenta e But no city of oC people in lii all tho time world has ms grown 4 tJ per cent In l 1 lears 12 years ears And Salt Lake Is quito certaIn certain tam taIn tain to do it Inko 1 Io Fortune at mt time tile Tide That is one of time the rea reasons ons tho the people people peo peo- plo will want to como comno hero Nothing Nothing- succeeds like succor success S. S Booms always attract the time investor the tho sl speculator and tho time home ceker This will draw them because it gets ts all time the spectacular lar effects of or tho tIme boom without being In Iii any sense of or tho time word that sort of ofa ofa ofa a growth ro Tho rho a advance vanco has hns been steady and amid nd constant and on tile the deep and lInn Jinn foundations that havo have been laid aid since the settlement of tho the state stale away awny back hack there In 1847 7 Not a move of oC the tho people of or Utah but has ms contributed to tho tue glorious end The farms have been ma made e Time The fh roads loads have havo boon been Tho rue homes havo o been established Generations havo have lived here and anil have havo made malio tho timo state richer antI and stronger with rith every year The Tho mines have havo been opened with tho the support of tho timo producing farms behind them Those mines have havo added I immensely to time the wealth of or world They have become famous wherever men deal In stocks J TIme They have havo been heen blessed wherever families depend upon upon upon up up- on honest income rhe They have 0 multiplied multiplied multi multi- plied piled time the fortunes of Utah people And on the farms and antI the time mines with all nJ tho the rest of ot the time d that belongs belonS'S with that growth Salt Sail Lal Lakes Lake's cs advance Is n as steady and as logical logical log log- o ical and as necessary as an tho timo growth of an nn oak in iii congenial soil Time The city cannot help growing And AntI no reverse e can come conic to destroy It it n Best Bent t of Ml 11 Ji Chances Ima Imagine lne tho the drawing power ofa oba city of that lint sort Tal Cake Tako o tho day tIn attraction to tho thu modern day man antI and add acId to it all the tho of 0 romance and of or story that attacks to the stab of or Utah to time tho City of or tho the Saints Add to that tho ho magical story of per cent increase No other city has over started with such an a. a advertising Time Tho people will vill come They will slay and spend their heir mOlle money r hero They will learn something here hero they thoy never could have secured elsewhere They lucy will make muke investments that will pay thorn better heller than any other known III in their lives They rhey will will-many will many of oC thom them conclude to remain right hero in inthe the thc shadow of oC tho time Wasatch mountains moun bring up their children here bore mal make o themselves a part of or tho time community community com com- and insure tho tIme growth of or time the state b by the time addition of the tho lle best t citIzenship citizenship cit cit- of all tho the states of or tho the Union It Is worth while It Il will cost a n. million and amid be hc worth ten millions Dont Don't the people of or Utah think there thero should bo be a national fair hero In 1912 In S |