| Show WERE MI HEAR IT1 The Narrow Escape of Three Boys From Drowning LOGAN RIVER IS BOO iIMG The Plentltude of Water Means Bicker Crops Than Ever in the Granary of Utah A Prosperous Section LOGAN May 5 1890 Today about noon Peter Nelsen aged 17 and three other small boys attempted to cross Logan river a short distance east bf the county bridge on the island on their way to Providence when their wagon was carried down the stream and tho hayrack floated off Young Nclsen swam out and the three little fellows were carried down the stream for Some distance till they saved themselves by catching on to the willows and pulling themselves out Sheriff CrookstOn ever on the alert was on tho ground with ropes etc and succeeded in getting the hayrack out which had caught on the bridge The horses got out with the wagon and no particular damage was done more than to give the young fellows a good fright and a thorough bath bathTOE TOE LOGAN RIVER is rapidly rising and there Is every reason to believe it will be higher this season than forman for-man years It is novnearly so high as it will be by she last of th month or the first of next mouth The lower lands between here and Mendon are submerged with water giving out the apt ap-t pearance of a great lake Most of this water comes from the Blacksmith Fork and Muddy streams These streams will partly have exhausted ex-hausted themselves by the time the Logan i river is up to its full height which will bo a r good thing for if all three streams were up at the same tune a great deal of damage would be done High water here as in every otherpart of this western country means wealth and prosperity to the farmer and rancher Where last season sea-son many acres of good productive land was parched and barren tnls season will see thousands thou-sands of tons of hay cut If the farmers of this country will gather all that nature produces there will be no need of animals perishing as was the case last winter There are very few people In the territory of Utah who have an idea of the grand and rich country we have here it is large rich and productive pro-ductive and nature has indeed done much to make it truly THE GRANARY OF THAU i There Is so much good country here and so few people comparatively to cultivate it that there are thousands of acres of as tine soil lying idle and waiting for cultivation as can be found in any country that will support hundreds of industrious citizens All Cache valley needs Is a more thorough acquaintance by the people of the territory with her facilities as the grandest valley in the mountains to induce at least a number or them to come up and look around for themselves and be convinced that it will be greatly to their advantage to invest their money and make their homes here The time is not so very far off when Cache valley will be looked upon as a good place in which to live for will it not be a great seat of learning as well as great manufacturing district dis-trict who is so foolhardy as to refuse to accept ac-cept this as gospel truth The good people of this valley EXTEND JL HEARTY WELCOME to their friends to come up and learn for themselves them-selves what great possibilities are awaiting the development of this choicest of valleys Some time in the future I will make the public pub-lic acquainted with our ability to take care of a large number of strangers We have hotels here as well as you have in Salt Lake Please dont forget that fact M K |
