Show HEMS FROMTHE NORTH Notes on tbe Way to Ccbe Yale ley TiE EXTEnPBISE OF OGDD The Situation of Login Tlie Igri cnitura College IXXIAX Utah April 21 1S90 I made tile trip from Salt Lake t Cache Countys capital by rail I I have performed the Journey behind a jolr of cayuse nc Tills is nil right I when ycu want to camp on Ytu i the roadside at night or saunter along at an uncertain gait in the daytime hut for my part I prefer l the iron horse On the train when we left Utahs chlifcily were at out 70 passengers Quite a humber weie young people returning from school t spend toe Sabbath at their bonus out of town others were called to travel for various ol ec aid each presented a pulject lor the physiognomist In one car tlio Individual that attracted at-tracted the mot attention was an Irishman The Irish attract attention atten-tion everywhere from numerous causes This one was dark complex ioncdhcd a low forehead email eyes ftt far back a nose the end of which looked like a largo carbuncle buncle n prominent Jaws With tlni were his wife everybody knew that by the commanding way In which he luldrcceetl hera sweet looking little creature with blonde hair and Urge blue ye and three children ranging from one to five years of age The ruler of this little Hock seemed out of sorts from some cause audcnly awaited opportunity t give vent to his feelings The chance occurred when theconductor cancoccr tlecodutor came along Paddy demanded that a feat be unlocked and turned t face the other direction The conductor looked at him said he had no key and remarked that the at was faa ing in the right direction toward the front ot the train Then faddy started his language was not very cholcebut Uie stream ofad verse criticism crit-icism that poured forth upon railwaymen railway-men In general and Union Pacific emnloes In particular fit the whole lot of passengers t laughing la the midst ponger there was a vein of sympathy for tho lithe woman wo-man wbo in an undertone did her utmost to pacify her lord and master and persuade him t b quiet her far MiUu > blushes the whiicas she felt keenly the ridiculous spectacle spec-tacle he n making himself sp client pleading the children uniting unit-ing wit the mother as they looked tnteutij upon the fathers face The famUvjWtre tn route for Park City this 1 concluded from the fact that when we reached Ogden and the = brakeman called out This cargoes through to Park City they b I tamed their places in It Among the other passengers was Jngr a tall slender mn I think I saw him in Evanston once His face was long and thin and his beard was much longer and was streaked with gray He looked a though he might have been the editor of a Wyoming weekly paper once and bad failed In collecting the sub hlptow > umbered among the occupant of the chair Crm was Hon A Malt land Sienhouso of Albert Canada who has been down visiting the principal city of the Saints proclp other notable to three of Hum lieiug members of the hoar of trustees of the Agricultural College Col-lege They were Vm 8 McCor nick the banker and M II Sowles excity councilor of Salt Jake nnl John K Hill US commissioner commis-sioner of Ito They were going t Logan t hold a raveling aud determine de-termine what buildings should b erects anti whit work should b doneat the college thUrummer Along the route the first ol ject of interest was at the Hot Springs the waters from which are an antidote anti-dote foralmost every form of rheumatism matism a well as many other diseases e There were the remains of the Rio Grande Western wreck of April 17 The track had been repaired but showed the marks of its recent displacement Tb locomotive tender stood upright at I right angles with the track where it had run when the wheels left the mils and near by lying lengthwise alongside of the track were two care baggage and express on their tides herethey had ben thrown bJ the obstruction In front The passenger pngr cache did not leave the rails ant thanks t the automatic brakes the conclusion vrss materially weakened weak-ened and all of the passengers escaped caped unhurt the brickyard ° a CeW miles nearer Woods Cross presented a buoy rcene and form one of tie Indications In-dications progress toward a thickly settled and active business region From there northward ou every side were indisputable evidences of thrift industry and economy E tenslTu fields of grain hay and vegetables neat and comfortable dwellings and outhouses substantial school and church bIdIng large orchards and numerous Irrigating ditches in which was a plentiful supply of water combined t make cmbine mea me-a beautiful scene and testify how great Is the work that has been performed per-formed by the inhabitants rr lielow Centreviile and Farming ton the waters of the Great Halt Lake come much farther inward than they did la t season indicating the Increased amount of water in this inland E whose slatecolored surface as vlewd from this pint makes strong contrast with the verdant fields near by and the diStance brownish colored mountains in the On sandridce between Keys vllle and Ogden Mbcro formerly sagebrush greasewood sand and jackrabbit held full sway there are now hundreds of acres of grain or laud pUwetl for the reception of the seed npol Ogden the second city in Utah I thriving almost beyond the belief of those who have not beheld for r bI I themselves I am not artiil to the Junction City My first introduction introduc-tion to I was during a three days rainstorm There were DO plank sidewalks in those day nn < the muddy condition of the streets and sidewalks defied description On eleven different occasions since then I have visited tho place and on ten of these there h been a rain Etn The other time It was a scorchim Fourth of July and nx we rolled into the depot on idfW Cenl train one of r men engaged en-gaged In firing salute was badly injured by the premature discharge of a cannon that he died in a few hours The building boom of Ogden has given it a material start that comparatively paratively speaking places i ahead of Salt Lake The managers of the boom finances In Ogden are men who understand their business As an Instance one of them Mr Majne hiss advertising Lllla in one month amounting t 13000 He encourages home talent engages home workmen uses home material and patronizes home newpapers It Is not an unusual thing for him to take 1 thousand extra copies of the Standard the citys leading paper fpr and spread It broadcast throughout the land Others do similar deeds Of course Ogden cannot hope t compete with Salt Lake in point of number of Inhabitants though it Is making rapid strides and putting forth great eflorts It I a < like ii that boy was whipped by a mjK strapping fellow He wanted UT know how he could grw wante enough t gratify his revenge Take plenty exercise and good food was the advice which was followed He alowe didnt grow a big u the other fellow but his well developed muscles gave him the ability t amply take earn of himself In a contest Ogden cannot grow a large at Silt Lake but by energy and good management can take flea care of Itstlf In business competi fleaJinenitlestothe Is Ine miles t the north are the noted Hot Springs the waters of which possess great medicinal qua t lUre Then comes the pretty vil lage of Wlllard with precipitous lr mountain rising I majestically iu the rear Brigham City with its fertile soil extensive orchards and farms and many and beautiful rows of trees next claims attention One feature that is peculiar to this place Is the number of fruit vendors that greet the arrival of almost every train In nearly all seasons Little boys and girl and grown men and women engaged In the business and ofler luscious c ttn low prices Wending northward the country norwar runty I lessattractive for tome distance Swamps and ponds and dry gravelly I follow In succession till the train begins t climb the Divide that separates the valley of the Great Salt Lake from Cache Valley While going up the incline one can gaze westward toward Bear River and occasionally catch glimpses of gangs of men engaged on the great llrar River Canal or on the new read L for the Union Pacific The latter on its change of this division t a standard cang follows the river and in place of climbing over Uie hill enters Cache Valley by a big tunnel through the arrows Then aws Teo Instead of headlngdirectfor Logan it turns northward keeping to the west side ncl the valley I lill the Bear River I passed and the difficulties of Battle Creek are avoided The connection with Logan and other cities in tho valley i t b made with a lop running eastward from the Narrows skirting the east side of the valley till Franklin I fassed and then taking the nearest route fora connection with the main lne un arriving Uolllmton a scene of busy life presents Itself Then I all the roughness of a railway camp with the usual disregard of legal or moral retttratiit The hourly occurrences occur-rences there would cause a sevele shock In better organized communl II Vet In many respect there j better order maintained and greater safety for hurn1n life than when the Union and Central Pacific were being built and a man for each mel was sometimes the record of the day In some of the camps there Leaving the station my attention was attracted by the myriads of wild flowers on the hill crests There they blossomed in blue and carmine and gold with nil the Intermediate Inter-mediate hues while III iso ravine beneath anti sometimes within a few inches by snowbanks which the bet of tlicadrancing scaou has not yet shown its elTecta lt tet upon upu Boon we the divide and 8n pass tle dhlc gaze upon the best watered of all the large valleys of Utah and in all seasons except the winter the most attractive valley in apinarance Across It at the base of tile eastern mountains the beautiful Temple I rears majestically walls of creamy white and becomes at once the first olject of attention in the whole valley l val-ley On the hill back of it and a little distance to the north stands the erected wlngof the Agricultural College which is of itself a grand structure and will b tnbiy more to when it is all completed In comparison with ten years ago Logan has made great material advancement ad-vancement In the city there aro imposing edifice such as the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle a substantiaHtonebtiildlng the H Y College Thatcher Brothers Broth-ers bank and other structures of bdck The dwelling houses are generally neat and some of them handsome in design and appearance Mostof them are rustic lined with adobe for until within the pat two or three years brlrkinking ps not been successfully carried on Hut now It is an established industry lie Agricultural CoHege being built of Logan brick and many dwellings are being contnlcted with the same material The citybas been enjoying a real estate boom of late This has not i assumed very gigantic proportions though residence property has largely large-ly 1 increased in price Especially is I this the case with the bench lot which aflbrd a magnificent view I of lie hole valley For a time the figures were run up t an inconsistent inconsist-ent blight but they have fallen back and price are now quite reasonable rea-sonable d r a number of Salt Lakers have lecome purchasers hoth of residence and business property prop-erty Mr IL K Thomas I oue of the latter He I now owner of a lot opposite 7 C M L and intends toe to-e t n store this summer Logan has electric light work and a few electric lights She alI o al-I a system oC wntenorl which at present I a sort of teakettle c arrangement ar-rangement The tank Is located back of the Temple but is not high enough and thu supply i limited This might seem strange In a place with so much natcrat hand but It is the Cact Seeing this the city council took steps to Islam the corporation cor-poration on a difierent fooIr In connection with this it may b well t note a portion por-tion of the Improvements made by the mayor ant members of the city council who bavejust retired During their term more was done for the material advancement of lie i citys Interest and a better foundation founda-tion laid for her permanent growth than has been accomplished during any like pro Onecxcellcut feature feat-ure was tile providing of a city lark of seventy acre In tho south part ot town The tract purchased was considerably larger but the remainder re-mainder was sold at a cufilcient advance over the first price to pay for the whole tlle river winds py serpentine course through the park and IU situation I such that it can be made second t none In delightful surrounding Ser by are the fair ground a plat of ten ncr finely situated for the purpose Intended tendlA been mentioned the city was practically without waterworks Till matter was taken In hand by the city council last season The 15othwell canal Den came up and measured every stream of water that was being utilized with the intention inten-tion cf appprltnl all of the r mainder for tile Hear Itivcr Canal Tie city officers saw the predicament predica-ment the town would b left in With a river flowing Into the corporation cor-poration limit they would 0 left in a worse situation than was Salt Lake during the dry season of 16S9 So they purchased n tract of land above lie college building in a situation situ-ation to a head of water t give l1rd over tie whole city being even sufficient t throw a stream over tile Temple and Agricultural College Then they entered t negotiations with thddireciorsof the upper canal which runs to Hyde Park ant Smithfield for Hye right This was purchased at a cost if about S 4030 an Insignificant sum compared com-pared with its value to the citr This step gave the men to secure control of the whole of Logan river that had not been appropriated for r the city and provides an ample water supply for Irrigation and fop culinary purpose for eight or ten times the present population when it is carted through pipes There Is also near the mouth of the canyon a place where a magnificent magnif-icent water power could b obtained ob-tained and utilized This advantage advan-tage was stcn and taken for ele tIc light worb The 1000 spent hero I now worth 10000 and sufficient per can b obtained t operate an extensive electric light plant and a system of electric sri s-ri wnys The supply of gravel I not a plentiful In the vicinity of Logan a in many other place P last season the municipality gained control o what Is known a the gravel lots for use in Improving end repairing the city streets Iteside these there have been road Improvements that bo r Jmpwment have addedcreaUy t the comfort of the poopic In providing better routes for travel But during the period of making these acquisitions plo held a great deal lf real n estate which latterly i lat-terly It has been disposing of The i reason for dIDs U ws that the city fathers raw that an Increase values would come and tteytoak advantage of the condition There was another 11 tile item regarding garding a tract of S acres of rail bad land within thoclty Boundaries A number of families h settled upon this tract Negotiations had been made first but no arrangements arrange-ments were perfected Last summer sum-mer a real estate agent made an effort c grab this land offering Mr U P Tarpey who had obtained possession I from the railroad IOOO th fd for the SO acres Thie people f toS b np plied to lie city authorities ir presented the matter t Mr Tarpey There were families rhcr wer poor amil on the land and they could ill afford to b placed at the mercy of land sharks Final Mr Tarpey offered ot either pay the people O for their Improvements Im-provements or to sell the land to them through the city for 10000 In ten annual payments This latter propoMUon was accepted the contract entered Into and Uie first payment made Logan became the mediator the people t pay a stipu lated price for their py Xone of this was t come out of the city treasury but the full lury bt on Cul payment being made the city was t give a deed t the bona fide purchaser receiving re-ceiving a deed for tile whole tract Upon this agreement Uiom who occupy oc-cupy the land made the first payment pay-ment and felt satisfied that the title t their homes was at last settled on an equitable basis Last month a municipal election was held all the oM officers retir log Then came measures that ban caused a great deal of unpleasant feeling and have had an Injurious effect on tho citys welfare I was claimed that the city council repudiated Its own nbllgaUons or at Itt that was alleged t b the effect of the ronunciamtnlo te sent out There had been a change in the tlt city council all it seemed too that tler was t be a radical change In the procedure which had bne fitted and been approved cf by the people The measure nferttd t provides for repudiation of any excess of Indebtedness that may exist and then orders an Investigation in-vestigation t ascertain whether there I any such excess Then an inquiry was made and the conclusion arrived at was that outside of tile Tarpey contract con-tract there was eac excess a07 authorized author-ized indebtedness Uie amount of nearly JSOOO The retiring members mem-bers oi the council insisted that undera fair construction of the law there was no excess whatever and eel if there was it was oft by the fact that an equal amount of promissory notta was held by the city for laud fold In the city park addition as well 8 other sums due from other quarters The former Incumbent however stated that they would take from the city all the rroperty that had been purcha by the alleged e ctstiut this has not teen agreed to In regard to the purchase from Mr Tarpey that gentleman Is expected reeled In Logan by May lot aud may rescind the contract and deal bnllThere directly with the occupants of the There sias some talk of suing the former members of the council on their bonds for incurring this alleged al-leged I excess lit I tr good work they bad done for the city But the latter lat-ter have stated tile whole case billie I best legal talent of Ogden and Salt Lake and tho unanimous opinion 11 2 = of nh Jc It that the old members are in the right and cannot b proceeded against They express themselves as willing to take any sters for the good of the 1 topic lOt they are holding aloof from controversy Ole of thebest Investments Cache County and Logan have made inn financial way at least Is securing Uie Agricultural College which was given ninetyfive ticrta of land undo good water right thereto On Friday evening the board of trustees held a meeting at the Logan House and were in session till after midnight mid-night On Saturday they met again and on Saturday evening there was another midnight session The subjects under dicusalon were the plans for farm houses dwellings ings pU employee improvement d and cultivation of the ground und the purchase of machinery l and uoi scientific instruments for the ue of the college Each item was thoroughly thor-oughly considered and discussed and plans were adopted About itO will b expeuded this na son fur the rurporrs named The ground ba already been plowed and the other work will b commenced com-menced Immediately The board of trustees will hold Its next meeting meet-Ing in Salt Lake on Saturday the 6th Instant Prof Sanborn who Is iu charge of the college I an tfll dent and experienced instructor antis earnest In hlsenJcacors t make the institution a success Backed Vy a competent board of trustee and a large at proprlation by the Territory there appears no icason t look for any but the most satisfactory result MI cory The heavy winter caused some Te cUtC aprrehcnslon lest the high waters of spring would cause considerable valley damage The hay land In the Icy i under water in some districts lut this will work no Injury The tanks of the Logan River have been strengthened and the river dredged in place s that there is no longer any cauro for alarm All things point to n season of prosperity in Cache Valley A great deal has teen said of the poor service of the Union Pacific For my own pr my experience with the railway was satisfactory The train was only ten minutes behind be-hind on a three hours run during a rainstorm It looks as though the railway men are doing their best under the circumstances of running 1 small section cf narrow gauge track in the midst of a broad gauge system and over n roots that is open to many jectlons > ecaue 11J of the engineering I difficulties constantly con-stantly met with When Ihestand and li completed herIsevery ar gauge 1 cmrlo ther every reason to believe that the service will lie jUt a good as in other parts of the country because the facilities will b equal AGK |