Show utah state fair that the active parti participation ci pation in the utah state fair by tile various counties os as individual units proves to be ote one of tile the biggest steps forward that has been made is the opinion of J G maedonald macdonald president of the utah state fair at a meeting of tile the ex executive committee commit teo of the association held recently ires president 1 debit mcdonald took occasion to officially commend the action that has been taken by the abe commission i ers and leading citizens of the L various counties throughout the state stafe and when lie he reported that eighteen counties unties cn had already pledged their slip support port the state tile n b was greeted with applause and cheering by the alie other members of the committee for many years gov spry prominent ia lit members of the state legislature and officials of the state fair association have strongly favored representation at the state fair of the alie counties as such while in the past the iii majority rity of the counties have 41 ay iy u t S c A S t been represented it has be been en in an individual way and noc officially as a county the campaign which has been underway for at least five years has now crystallized with the result that the most import important adt feature of this years fair will bo be the grand carnival of counties which will have the place of honor on tile the program for foi tile the official opening and which promises to be the most important event dur ing the entire week it is ie proposed that every county be represented by three specially appointed commissioners who lia have ve been named bythe by the governor and also by a queen and three maids of lionor honor in the t be grand opening pageant which occurs monday night sept 29 in ill tile the magnificent new coliseum the Oar carnival of counties will bethe most important feature headed by gov spry prominent ent state and county officials prominent citizens and members of the state fair board tile the commissioners queens and maids of lionor honor representing the counties according to population ion will parade in ill a circle around the immense arena inthe in the e coliseum this feature will form one entire division of the pageant another division will consist consi of the live stock the lie military viry division and possibly one or two others it is proposed to have the commissioners mounted on oil horses and for this purpose the thet finest inest horses in the state will be secured each queen with her maids of honor will ride in ill a car carriage riago drawn by gray horses led by uniform foote footmen en each division will parade around the arena and circle in full view of the assembled crowds and leave tile the building on the opposite side several thousand i dollars have been spent for decorations electrical effects electric lighting etc and it iri io predicted that it will be one of tile the most events ever held in a western state for tile benefit of tile the queens and maids of lionor honor the building formerly used as official headquarters quarters swill will be decorated and fitted up for their use while at tile the fair another adoth or new feature in which I 1 the counties will form an important part is the grand military band contest open to bands throughout tile the entire state prizes ze s are so arranged that each 0 band will have equal show regardless gard less of ibbs size and the smaller bands are in a class by themselves liberal cash prizes and me medals have been beeh provided for this event there will be ep plenty deplenty of amuse f t y t ment in addition 1 better and more exhibits than ever is the promise of the fair officials and t I 1 there is every indication ion that the state fair for 1913 3 will prove to be tile the biggest gestand big and best iti in the history of the state |