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Show , i i si 44 444$4 Si " 4 4. 4 -' - 5L SECTION FGUR. ist its i an ffc VOLUME i XXIX. LOGAN CITY, UTAH, BRIGHAM' YQUNG 1 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1907. - NUMBER 42. WINS COLLEGE PACES 25 TO 23. TROPHY THE WRITING -- t "with consultation The five best stories will ,be Journal disagrees with the stud- particular objection appliea with this awarding of the trophy deselected and the College receiv ents in that particular, it grants equal force to the naming of the pends, The Journal makes no AFTERtwo colleges here of their request. Further, as that five successful stories, on which mention of which .they are, leav- or ' more conditions of a ing three he - given the literary contest, "The Journal them . will annouce-ment: made the trophy, but the ten stories following -, will be printed, he-five of the B. Y. C. contributions will- - he COLLEGE LITERARY in the Crimson section of The. CONTEST. Journal and the five of the A. C. order to encourage. the stories will appear in its side of . . In betwee- n- the the paper. rivalry "friendly fc. , -t- 7- r Agricultural and Brigham Young Colleges, along other lines than those of athletics, The Journal has decided to offer a trophy for g contest, between a of two institutthe students the ions. Whether the trophy shall he a cup or pennant has not yet In order to make been decided. of the competition a success, The Journal has decided to give an eight page section of its Christ-ma- s issue to' each College,, in which the stories selected will be "pnntedrThe" Following rules will story-writin- the contest: v The stories are to be original, and are to ,be based upon, or connected with, Utah history. They are to ''be appropriate for Christmas reading. Each should "contain approximately 2,000 words, not less than 1,500 nor more than 3,000 in any govern ) "case. - determined upon until the contest-- 1 was decided. - THE tions the second section of this issue is devoted to the Brigham Young college, and tne third section to the Agricultural - CollegThe Journal made a further offer to both Colleges, in order to stimulate the students to do their best and to rewalrd personal effort 'in the respective schools, of three dictionaries each ; one, a trophy to the Brigham Young College, as a majority of the five best stories selected by him were written by the students of that , institution. - Sait Lake CitypUtah, Dee.-17,-1301.- W.cbstei!s.unabridgedT..-indexe- d and bound in leather;' one, a Websters condensed, twentieth century edition, hound in morocco and indexed ; the other, the same dictionary as the, second, but not indexed; still, bund in leather, but not so substantially as the second. These The Journal proposed givng to the writers of the first, second and third best stories, one set to each school. Earl I name these after much deliberation! Two or three of the stories which I do not name I should like to include among the prize winners because from some points of view they deserve place, among them. A failure, however, to make use of good situations and characters or to hold a fairly good story well together seem to me to warrant excluding them. AUJn alLthe five I name in my. judgment deserve to be called the best. ' I congratulate you on the excellent results of the contest and C., who will be permitted Later The Journal received a to read the stories for the ' pur-from the majority of the the five protesjt pose only of selecting competing students against havthey wish to be submitted )' ing suet a decision made and antheir respective institutions. nounced : The Journal must have the ' i 1st .Because it would--b- e not " stories'T. the of manuscript" placing unnecessary humiliation - later Jhan. December 2nd. After being put in type the orr some, j 2nd ft is no art ofthe stories are to be proof read by the into (meaning respective authors and by them agreement entered conditions the set as forth in the only, but nomaterial alteration in ' ' any story will be permitted. The printed announcement), The stories would (not 3rd proofs will then be submitted to been have written had such conthe judges, without any markings upon them to indicate from dition been placed. The 1st seems to be the princiwhich student or which school ' they came. pal objection, and while The r i 'leave' tef express belief that 7 you have "done much, not only to be encourage , the friendly rivalry between the two Logan colleges, but also to develop the literary instinct among the students of these colleges. I appreciate the honor of judging .these stories and am hopeful that in the main my judgment will be approved. tap Respectfully yours, F. TV. REYNOLDS. 'I CACHE COUNTY AND LOGAN QTY a - . , years, continued through 1907, and it j3 perhaps not outside the limits of truth to say that the community as a whole is growing better gradually as well as bigger. 1 - ' , ' ' . The tremendous rise in prices, that marked the year retarded the development" of the " county"" and ity soraarltt, far at tbs t lea England Publishing Co., - B. Y. ' & - Logan, Utah. Gentlemen : ' Under another cover I am returning to you the proof sheets of the stories submitted in your College Literary Contest. I have the honor to name the following stories as the five best: . in the history of the county, and there was a large production of cereal crops. A noticeable feature of the years progress along agricultural lines is the extensive planting of commercial orchards in various parts of the county. Cache County apples when properly produced are among the finest in the world, but very little effort has been put forth along this line of production until very recent years. 1907 marks probs-abl- y the greatest advance in this line. In some instances companies have been formed and hundreds of acres have been planted with winter applesln many other cusps, individuals have planted orchards that very in size frQm 3 to 20 acres" and it is quite within the probabilities that within the next ten years Cache Valley ing,' competent cleavers siyr The will teecno known as a fruitepro- beet crcp of 1C97 was the lxrp:: " JUDGE'S DECISION - e-stories.' ning of the year there1 were prosbeing pects of improvements made on quite an extensive scale, and the present money stringency has put a slight cheek upon our progress. But in this respect Cache County and Logan City have not and will not suffer to the extent that communities which boast, of , more rapid and sensational advancement, will, for while our growth is gradual, it is permanent. . The resources of this section are greater today than ever before. The crops in 1907 in the aggregate were more valuable than ever before. The dairy interests of the county are perhaps the biggest producers of revenue of all our industries, and the past year has .been a very prosperous one for them. The industry is grow- . of the University of Utah, was selected by the Professors of the College hflYi'nfr- the contest in charge- - to judge the stories. Iu the following letter he rend- - 9 ered hs decision, which gives the None IIRISTMAS 1907 will find most of the 'good people of Cache amply able to with good celebrate theYule-tim- e cheer and thanksgiving, for while all things may not have been satis factory, in the main the year has been a prosperous one, and good St. Nick will find cheerful faces at every fireside. ' In so far as Cache Co., and Logan City are concerned, there has been nothing occur of. the sensational order, the same steady growth in a material way, that has marked the recent . Prof. F. W. Reynolds In accordance with the condi but a -- bona, fide student "Arrangements were7then made may participate in the contest by the professors of English' in and the writers are to have no as- the two each to judge schools, sistance whatever from the in- the others stories; i. e., Prof. structors or any one else. Larson of the A. C. was to judge All stories must be handed in the B. Y. C. stories, and Prof. on ote before November 30th, to Vernon, of the B. Y. C., the A. Professors C.M. Larsen of the C. stories, and to award the dicA. C. or Weston Vernon, of the tionaries. -- -- ' ing the students and the public to make their own selections. The trophy will be a banner appropriately inscribed, but will not be ready for delivery for some time, for the obvious reason that the lettering could 'not be U 907 For perhaps the first time in was done until well alongtoward not as large as that of some other Caches history, a considerable fall, but it is now being prosecutyears, it has been sufficient for quantity of her apples found its ed with vigor and good results all to live and thrive. way into the eastern markets, but they were not straight varieties, being mixed greatly. Some teD or fifteen Carloads of apples were shipped from the county this year and they brought good .prices. The new orchards contain not more than three varieties, as, a rule, and of these the Jonathan seems to be the favorite. are promised. The consolidation of the Iron King and Lucky Star properties, gave a big impetus to work in the Blacksmith Fork district. At Mineral Point things are pretty much at a standstill, but eastern buyers are still seeking the property and the news of a sale there has been expected for some time. Assessment work has been kept up on practically The mines of Cache' from all claims, showing thjit faith in which so much was looked for at the future of Caches mineral the beginning cf the year have has not been lost. been disappointing in some reIn Logan City there has not spects. The negotiations for the of the pro-- , been perhaps as great an advance development cf some perties on a large scale, fell as. the county has wade-tu- t on through and in many other cares the whole tbs year t;3 Icon a ere. Tiers Lave toon development work was stopped the somewhat withstanding which marked gloomy prospects the beginning of the year. The attendance in the aggregate baa been quite as large as during tha previous year considerably larger at the B. Y. College and the confidence in our ability to retain the title for the city, of Tin Athens of Utah fas been renewed b ythe splendid record cf our two big colleges. In .health and good feeling tin community 13 we alt ly, to or f rich and poor will celebrate 11 3 Cbrictmas with free hc'r.j z 1 T.III3 will lock to tie ccnirg y;;r v.L 1 es cai-iafacte- ry mpcrmrily fr At Uauurocf lackTcf mTt: 5 A- - r r o v ::1 r ? vcis cf - V 7 i- r 1 The colleges have made a splendid showing during the year, not. |