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Show : UTAH STATE FAIR i WELL SUPPORTED I , RACE TRACK PATRONAGE WAS BIG FACTOR IN SUCCESS OF STATE SHOW I i Figures Just Made Available Show 3est Returns Of Any Fair Ever i;-;ld In State; Officials Ate Well Pleased . . :.uke City. The Utah Slate ' l-'air Association, in the balancing ot the books as o October 31, was more , Rratitified at the splendid showing , which pave the association a balance on hand of $10,204.03, this, too, after having expended more than $15,000 in 1 the erection of a new poultry build- f ' InK, improvements to buildings and ) grounds of $3,471.48 and $3,511.50 for a new roof to the grand stand. 1 The figures and report of the as- ! soclation for 1925, which were pre- I sented to the meeting of the board of I directors, showed receipts of $80,429.- 68 and the expenditures about $10,000 less than that. The receipts from : the racing association amounted to I more than $16,000 of which conces- j sions were $7,325.00; track rental i $4,350.00, and purses from racing as- ' soclation, $4,800.00. The figures fol- low: ' Receipts Legislative appropriation, ! $25,000; Concessions, $7325; track ' I rental, $4350; purses from racing as- ; soclation, $4800; exhibitors' fees, $2,- ; 024.25; space in buildings, 1924 $253.- 38; space in building, 1-925, auto building, $2,265; manufacturers' building, build-ing, $1,741.75; miscellaneous, $86.; total, to-tal, $4,346.13; space on grounds, 1924, J $12.25; space on grounds, 1925, $306; total, $318.25. Hay and straw, $30; ' sundries, $38.06. Cashiers' receipts, gate admissions, $30,758.75; carnival, 1 $1,499.99; cash over, $2.15; total $32,- 260.80. Grand total, $S0,492.5S. j;l Disbursements Salaries and wages j I $3,454; fair grounds labor, $2,182.06; i office expense, supplies, $178.69; of- I fice assistants, $478.75, total, $657.44; i, ( directors' dining room, 697.50; stock I , supplies, $123.35; printing and station- i ! ery, $502.19; travel expense, $504.65; ' I postage, $119; gate expense, $1040.65; policing, $310; horse races, $499.50; ; ; rental, $24.40; attractions and music, f $3917.50; premiums, $20,473.60; adver- . tising, $3,107.74; decorations, $945.80; 1 j judges and assistant supervisors $2,- ( 239.06; miscellaneous items $124.05; !t' repairs, 765.86; fair ground supplies, , $182.45; electricity $1,462.53; improve- i ments to buildings and grounds, $3,- n! 471.47; poultry building, $15,335.64; h grand stand roof, $3,511.50; balance, October 31, 1925, $10,204.03; grand to- j tal, $S0,492.5S. |