| Show W WarY arV Agronomist t k 1 jj rl 3 44 1 k 2 f d eL 1 ea i 4 I Melons on on City C Lot II l I I S S 4 J 1 C II H. LOGAN 70 eJ ci civil iI hero s J war Avar and n n. n fi t r. r lins Salt SnIt Lake Like no job so lie he J pi pitches hes his tent and andI z I raises raIses and nid f watermelons on acre in heart of Salt Lake Nets 1 him Also Alco raised raise I sweet matoes corn fin and to to- to f i a j 1 I H Hr r ht I D c ri 34 J I Aged Warrior r Tilled His I j Own 0 Soil Cultivated and Sold Crop By Uarda I cCarty CONDUCTING G an employment bureau C v of or his own for discharged army I men John H. H Lo Logan an a a. veteran of or I Imore I more than ono one warlike skirmish and j a a. returned soldier from away back I I solved sol the problem of ot earning a liv liv- ing Ing with with no visible means of or support by by a wholesale back to the land I Iby movement mo l last st spring As a a. result I Salt Lake can boast a returned sol sol-i 1 dier who playing the part of or the man I with the hoe has turned one vacant lot in the thc ell city into a a. prize winning melon patch satisfied melon ap ap- ap appetites petites judging It one melon to tho the and demonstrated that even en though 79 9 years old ono one can still wrest wresta a living living- from rom the soil soU Mr l ro Logan an a a. soldier of or the tho civil il war j i days daI and ancl an Indian fighter on the i I western estern frontier traveling tra across the continent Ja last t spring sprin fell feU cli In love lo with Salt Lake and decided to locate here The next important thing said Mr Ir Lo Logan an was Wa to lo find rind something to do for even thou though h Mr Lo Logan an has time the 9 0 o'clock clock a age e his spirit and inclination lon arc the kind that spell industry with a capital I. I S Said id Mr rr Lo Logan an There Therl was no work that L could find but Lul th there re were plenty plen plen- ty of vacant lots He lIe rented one on N. N Third West street nn an acre and anti turned it Into such stick a melon patch as has seldom been seen Turned Soil Into Money on V r t Iq t 1 1 L J UI melons beamed th the tle energetic old gentleman each little hill where Id I'd planted a seed ee and if it didn't come t tl an another seed ced went in Its place sl Brides IsIde es so ln the seed he prepared d th the ground plowing and hoeing the entire acre without ono one hire ns he expressed it it IL DurI During Dur ing tho tim water tater drouth in iru iW the summer summer- I I carried from Crom n allowing well to water each eath thing r had planted r Bc Besides water watermelons Mr Ir Lo Logan an has haM n a banner crop of ot tomatoes and antI sweet corn Altogether ether ho he has re to from his single acre He believes in eternal vigilance Ig or in always being on the job a is as he bought a tent and Ih lives iveS s Irs ill It In tho the midst t of his growing ro things S. S He Tie has hns christened christ christ- ened his little tent and amid acre acro Camp Lo- Lo eran nn and ho lie saO says It feels eels once more like tenting on the old camp ground In Iii Mr L Logan an was a member member- of the tho S Second cond Nebraska e aska ca cavalry all o. He was I appointed h by President r nt Lincoln oln as ono one of the first postmasters on the westI west west- I ern era frontier of the state Mr Ir Lo Logan an Is an time old fruit grow row er or Before coming to Salt Lahe soy sev- eral years ears in fact he owned a large fruit farm Carm in Missouri That is the reason he said 1 with a l twinkle In hi his hii eye ee that tha t I had to be shown when I discovered that thal vacant lot going g to 1 tc |
