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Show HUGE THRONGS ATTEND FAIR County Exhibits Attract Attention; Bountiful Harvest Indicated : SALT LAKE. Oct. 3. Three times ak many persons attended the first day of the forty-fourth annual exhibit ofj i ne I'tab State Fair association, which' opened yesterday, than ever attended any other opening day in the history, of the organization according to the, officials. i hildren. ranging ;n ages j from kindergarteners to high school ; 'students were everywhere on the ; grounds. School c hildren were given S holtdov to attend the fair. J Inspection of the various buildings during the afternoon of the first day re-.eais the agricultural, many of the. departments of livestock, the :m t ea I bii.it and the educational displays more diversified, more comprehensive .and of higher quality than any the I stale has previously put before it.-: peo-j peo-j P'c. It Is In the showing of the products of field and orchard that a marked betterment Is strongly Impressed upon I tho visitor. counti Bxnmrrs Salt Lake county's booth designed' ami constructed by E. W. Bowling, who .. Is., made ;be selection of the prou ucta has In it more than 500 van-, I etles of vegetables, grains and fruits, j with a flat display and a wonderful I exhibit of pears as special and unique I iei i n res. Davis county, with E R Barrett I n ' I charge has a scarcely less impressive' I display, both as legards variety and artistic arrangement of the various' produc t.. l lal) eounl y addition to showing iis manifold varieties of crops, has erected a booth that artistically and graphically Illustrates a slogan paint ed across its arch. "Irrigation, the Blessing of the World." Box Elder county, famed all overt Ihe land for its peaches, and. up n two years ago. winner of the county first prize cup for eight vears, haa such nn abundance of choi. e fruit ami j grain that one can realize how this region of the st ite might prosper eve'rj 1 lift he j.em lies were not In tile game " Weber county Is up to Its usual high 1 standard, varletj and excellence of quality both bing far torn In the large and well-arranged booth. For the flrnt time, in the history of the stale fair Millard county comes to the fore with a large and exceedingly creditable display. This Is In charge Of . X McOmle of Fillmore. Many Of the visitors remarked yesterday that Millard's showing compared favorably fa-vorably with that of several of Ibe counties that have- been accustomed I for years to put In elabqate booths hi the state exhibition San Juan countv sneaks for that section of ihe slate where Irrigation Is not generally practiced Ther Is a showing of dry farm product that goes far In demonstration of fact that even though denied normal rainfall rain-fall and Irrigation ditches the agriculturist agricul-turist may still prosper The bureau of mines rescue car N'n, 'J. In command of K. T. Sparks, engineer engi-neer of the ("nltd States bureau of mines, arrived at the fair yesterday. The car will remain throughout the week giving exhibitions in mine rescue res-cue work and In first aid work, i im UEIXS 8POWINO 'Ihe Fine Arts iniildlng lias by Pir ! the finest and most discriminating showing this phase of the f.-i.- has assumed as-sumed In many years. This is under the supervision of Mrs. Georglna G. Marriott. with Mrs. Alice Merrill Home as assistant Virtually every i.'i (ignizfl artist of I'tab is presented present-ed with one or more pictures. Unless one peruses a carefully o;n-piled o;n-piled directory of Utah's Industries In advance of entrance into the manufacturers' manufac-turers' building, it Is certain to carry a surprise to the; average citizen Any who lubor under the impression that lanna ncuu oui oi tne siaie lor ai-i most everything they use will be disabused dis-abused by studying the score or mbro of booths where representatives of Ftah companies an busy in the actual' manufacture of Utah products The fish and game exhibit is bttcri and more varied this year than ever before. A large, open pool m the e nter n-ter of tho building, covered with heavy: wire netting and containing swans. I geese, ducks and other water fowl proved a center of attraction, as did two live deer, while in the tank -mm! .-ages all around the structure all the varieties of the finny tribes and the, feathered game of the mountains and' tlelda are presented for inspe. iton. ' The Ftah state hoard of belMi, Working In conjunction with theaUUthl Public Health association, is. undi the supervision of Dr. T B. Beatty state health commissioner, assisted bj BUSS Mary Bu. kly. ee.king to inii'" the importance of child hygiene Thi inhibit include! bo; n . liar ind demonstration demon-stration work tlvj value f the .. ing clinic being well Illustrated oo |