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Show I What Fifty Years Has Wrought I FACTS CONCERNING THE PROGRESS OF CACHE COUNTY H Klfty-scvcn years ago Cache county Hj was tmpco)lcl save by Indians, and H when settlers came Into the valley In M ')", the country was considered good HI for little more tlmn grazing lands. HI There arc tliosc progressive people. H restless In disposition, ever striving B for advancement, yet not content to H wait, who feel that the progiess of H the valley is slow, yet a recital of H what has been accomplished In tlfly H years will prove to foreigners, at least, H that the progress of Cache county has H really been remarkable. We some- H times forget to "count our many H blessings, and name them one by one," HI and Tiih Hih'Uiilkmx has hero mi- Hi dcrtaUcn a brief tabulation of the HI blessings we enjoy and ImetoolTcr Hj to prospective icsidents. Whole sixty Hj years ago there was naught but Isola- H lion, now Is a county of untold wealth H and possessing possibilities unlimited. H what wj: aui: ruoun or: H A population of about 'J.1,000. H Four cities. Logan with 7,000 In- H habitants, and Snilthlleld, Hyrum, H Richmond and Wellsvillc with less H than 2,500 each. H Three higher educational liistitu- H tious, the Agricultural College, tlic H Hrlgliam Young College, the New H Jersey Academy; with an enrollment of H about loGO. I, Fifty canals -100 miles in length and H irrigating 400,000 acies of land. Tlicse H canals cost not less than a quarter of H a million dollars. H One sugar factory costing $.')00,000, H consuming 50,000 tons of beets yearly. Hi One of the four temples of the H Cluircli of Jesus Christ of Latter-day H saints, costing apptoxlmatcly $500,000. H Four banking Institutions with H more than a million dollars on deposit. H A Mortgage Loan Corporation doing H a larger business than anything of the H kind in the inter-mountain country. H Two condensed milk factories al- H most completed, capacity, 120,000 H gallons of milk daily. H Not less than Ju.ooo cattle. 100,000 H sheep and the llnest hoisesto be found H in the State of Utah. H Magultlcent tabernacles In Itleh- H niond, Wellsville and Logan. H 0,000 school children cmolled In H public schools, H A telephone system that covers the H county. H One l a II road and a piospcctive elee- H tile road. H Six extensive mining claims now H being worked and sti Ikes expected at H any time. H The value of school pioperty is not H less than $2,500,000. Tliiee newspapers. A woolen mill. Three knitting factories. An abundance of pure mountain water and unlimited power. Three electric light systems and tine plants costing not less than 200,-000. 200,-000. A nourishing I. O. O. V. Lodge and Modern Woodmen of America. One of the prettiest theatres In the State, with large halls in cacti of the cities outside of the county capital. Nine creameries. Eight grist mills. One brewery. 200,000 tons of hay produced yearly. Two tombstone factories that Import Im-port marble in car load lots. Two residences In the county lighted light-ed by natural gas, Indicative of the possibilities along this line. Oil croppings. The tincst scenery In the noith country. Magnificent canyons. The finest trout, and in great quantities. Oieat oppoitunitics for fish culture. Five fruit farms and unlimited possibilities pos-sibilities along this line. B- One pottery, which with capital H could be made a great Industry. jJE One manufactory of Farming I mple- incuts In Logan, and one at Uleh-E Uleh-E niond. A manufactory of photographic H apparatus, that is destined to be a I big concern. H A tanneiy in its infancy. With tin-H tin-H limited hides at command, money hill hi-ll vested in this could double itself yearly. M The county supports numcious bee K industries that pioduce and export H several tons of honey each year. Wr Two cold storages that ship thou- E sands of cases of eggs all over the In- Hi tcrmouutaln country. HR Two Iron foundries. H w One tine nursery that exports fruit fflj -, and oruatncntal trees. HJL An annual crop of 2,000,000 bushels Bgg of wh?ut, 12.,000 busliels of oats, H- WHHHHHHI HHHK- i HHHHH HHHHHHjgfe CT iHHHJ Pt V-.HHHHB Hfl&iiiEEjivK HHHHHh hVhVhhrB HHHHHj HHHHHHHLHJHBif3i9ilHHHHH HHHHHHHHHEHk?-? Ksfc . smISH HHHjWjr FjB&ywiam HHHHHTr jr l-&mmmKk hhhhhHI' wlatfklimS& HHHHHLi M 'Jmmmm HHKJHHHHHk m. 9& wSBKKEBf: CaHMrViB CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH HOWELL. Til E above named gentleman Is one of the most conspicuous products of Cache county's past fifty years, and one to which Cache county clti.ens point with pride. Mr. Howell Is Utah's Ueprescntatlvc In the Congress at the picsent time and has been spending spend-ing the holidays In Logan with his family. Mr. Howell lightly belongs to Wellsvillc, and they gladly claim him, but today he Is a icsldent of Logan City and his Inteiests will be here In thefutuie. Mr. Howell Is a splendid type of the progiesslve citl.en of this valley, and it was his repiescntatie character and eminent fitness for the office that gave him his nomination at Ogden In l!i0:i and subsequent subse-quent election In the fall. Mr. Howell expanses himself as believing that no special legislation will be enacted by the present Congiess, due hugely to Hie fact that the coming year marks another Presidential election. He Is also of the opinion opin-ion that Senator Smoot will not be unseated. Mr. Howell, when asked what he did with that M.ooo "pension" he now draws lioni the Government, told the following story: "When Iiepiesentatlve Cannon was elected Speaker of the House, he felt that the dignity of the olllcc demanded a change of his residence Into a more 'tony' quarter of the city. He inspected several apartment houses, finally finding one to suit him. The place was perfection itself, and Mr. Cannon asked the rental. He was told '?I00 a month.' Cannon looked 'lound, hesitated and coughed, and in reply to a question as to whether he thought the price too high, leplied: 'Oh.no, I was just wondering what I would do with the other $17 of my salarj.' " 2:j0,000 busliels of corn, .10,000 tons of sugar beets. Do.ens of dairy farms equipped with the best modern barns that money can build, having cows of the llnest breeds. Two wholesale drug companies. Two firms handling more musical Instruments than all other firms in Utah. llural mall delivery to all parts of the county, several first-class hotels. One of the best climates on earth. In the winter, cold but dry. I summer sum-mer hot, but with mountain breezes, and cool nights. Cache County Is capable of supporting support-ing a million people. H Cache county's early history properly written Is a record of toll and struggle, with pioneer dlfllcul-ties, dlfllcul-ties, the result and outgiowth of that toll and struggle as shown In the present commeiclal prosperity and religious re-ligious activity is Indicative of the Intelligent In-telligent and well directed management manage-ment of those who gave their all to people Cache, and augurs well for the future development of this valley If blood tells, and In the coming sixty years, the descendants of the hardy settlers of this county accomplish as much comparatively, as has been accomplished ac-complished in the past sixty jers then before the half century mark-Is mark-Is passed will Cache county bj "the garden spot," not only of Utah, but of the whole country from the Missouri to the l'acllle. With the foundation that naturo has so gcneiously bestowed, be-stowed, and the progress that has already al-ready been made, with all avenues open, op-en, and modern Inventions and discoveries dis-coveries at command, with every need of a great country Increasing as its population swells, CVhe Valley's future is assured, and there are few who will doubt that that futuio chough It bo hidden, Is as bright as the noonday sun and will bo spread on the pages of history In Ink of brilliant hue. Pessimists may indulge In doubts and Intimate that there Is more than a bank of roses between the present and that bright future which is undoubtedly un-doubtedly true, but the same perseverance, perse-verance, Indomlnatable will, and exercise ex-ercise of clear Judgment that has made the early history of Cache a glorious record of success and triumph, is not lacking In the- descendants of the great men who were the authors of that success, and the mountains of difllculty will but serve as stepping stones on which they will rise to heights undreamed. |