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Show D. OF U. P. SPONSORS HARVEST FESTIVAL AT FILLMORE 18-19 Fillmore is planning to be host to several thousand people of the State at their Harvest Festival, which is to be held September 18th and 19th. The two day celebration which is being sponsored by the Daughters of the Pioneers is to mark the formal opening of the permanent agricultural, agricultur-al, mineral and industrial products exhibit of the Southern Utah Coun-ties. Coun-ties. The exhibit, which is to be housed in the basement of the Old Capital Ibujilding1, was ,recenitly lap-proved lap-proved by the Governor and State Buildings Commission, who have di-rect di-rect supervision over the Old Capitol, the first floor of which is now a Museum, Mus-eum, housing many valuable and historic his-toric relics of Pioneer days. Governor Dern has accepted an invitation in-vitation to be present for the event. Among the attractions offered for the entertainment of visitors are a Plains dinner, horse racing, baseball games, the Second annual Horse Show of the County, carnival shows, and two big dances each night, one on the huge open air pavilion, and one, featuring old fashioned dances, in the old legislative hall of the former capitol. In addition to these events, there will be a convention of the Daughters f the Pioneers of Southern Utah, Friday the 18th at 2 p. m. Mrs. Kate C. Snow, State President of the organization or-ganization will be present, and invitations invi-tations have been issued to all county companies to have a good representation representa-tion at the convention. Morgan P. McKay, county agricultural agricul-tural ' agent, has charge of the arranging ar-ranging and placing of exhibits. Beautiful cases have been built in two of the rooms in which these exhibits y will be preserved. He outlines some of the things to be sent in for the exhibit: For permanent display; paintings, art, handwork, knitwork, dried fruit, bottled fruit, vegetables, honey, furs, minerals, molasses, seeds, corn, grain, etc. For temporary display: potted plants, cut ilowers, art of all kinds, artificial flowers, school work, woodwork, wood-work, handwork, etc, Exhibits may be loaned for display during the celebration, and will be returned promptly thereafter, in the event the owners do not wish to place them there permanently. County agents in each county, cooperating with the county companies of the D. U. P. have charge of collecting the exhibits for the county. Since the museum is now open daily, every county should be interested inter-ested in having a good display placed plac-ed there permanently. As many as 45 people have visited the building in a day, this season, coming from all over the United States and some foreign countries. |