Show AMONG THE MORMONS concord W N IT monitor june jum ll 11 it is nigh unto a year since I 1 left my nome home in the dear old granite state to take up my abode in a new land amid new naw scenes and occupations and among total strangers after a journey of five long weary days day sand and nights across the continent I 1 had the pleasure of setting my foot for the first time in the city of logan of course the change was so BO great that I 1 was forced to heave many it a sigh for the old home and the friends of my youth during the first few weeks but that feeling began to gradually disappear as I 1 became better acquainted and more accustomed to the habits of the people with whom I 1 was destined to met cast my lot for an indefinite time cache valleys valley with its ita dozen little villages and some sixty miles in length by twelve in width is completely surrounded by the wasatch range of mountains I 1 think there is no more beautiful spot in existence than cache valley and it is utterly beyond the power of the pen to do justice to its magnificent and varied scenery it must be seen to be appreciated and once peen keen to Is never forgotten I 1 would that my readers could have the pleas arable opportunity of feasting their eyes upon this lovely valley when the flowers are in bloom the mountains and valley covered with verdure and the very air seemingly saturated with the went scent of the flowers and the green fields surely the people of cache valley are doubly blessed in the posses slon dion of such a delightful situation for the tee beauties of nature have certainly been bestowed upon them with a lavish hand band and it ought to inspire them to all that is truly great and noble for they have much to be thankful for prom from the top of the college building which is situated on a bench about feet above the level of the sea can be seen in this clear mountain air the whole of this fertile valley which together with the mountains that are now literally covered with snow form a sight eight wonderful to behold and impossible to describe one thing that appeared to me as being very strange at first was that the seem to have the most moot utter disregard for the comfort and welfare of their stock for they leave them out of doors during the most extreme cold weather with nothing but the sky above them for shelt erand how they ever managed to sustain themselves during the winter is in a mystery to me but they do its it and apparently seem to thrive upon it nevertheless it is a relic of barbarism that teat I 1 thought could not possibly exist le it this enlightened age and especially upon american so soil where human in telli gence Is ia paramount and the chances chance for a living are better than in any other country on the globe let us ue pray that this cruelty will also give way with most of the other ancient and barbaric customs before the rapid match march of civilization the lands of utah are watered by irrigation for it Is exceedingly dry here during the hot season not vei three or four rain storms being known luring during the summer and are very rich and productive under irrigation stock of all kinds thrive here and in the southern part of the territory sub tropical fruits are quite extensively grown the mineral resources of utah are abundant silver iron coal and in fact minerals of every class possible are to be found in the territory the great ontario silver mine in park city is the most noted of the mines of utah and the best beat example of stability of the territory today as a mining country the pay roll of the mine for labor which began at 1140 per month has increased to per month until 2000 people draw their daily support directly from the mine and the mill that to is connected with it the outside expenses vs hleb were less than at first have increased until during some months has been baij which has supported arted quite as many more people the he mine is opened 1000 feet deep and has paid in dividends in the neighborhood of the main ore chute of the ontario is 1400 feet in length of continuous pay ore it is said that no such ouch ore chute has ever been found in all the history of mining Hag haggin gill tevis hearst the chief owners first purchased the mine for and looked upon it as purely a lottery they have received that amount back times and every month the mine pays in dividends more than double what it originally cost the yield of the ontario up to december 1888 was wa 9 LOGAN logan is a very beautiful city of about inhabitants and the capital of cache valley it 11 is strictly a mormon town there being not more than two or three hundred gentiles in the place and is a very quiet place indeed the residents of the town are a very peaceful industrious dust rious and hospitable claw clans of people the people of the east have a very erroneous impression of the mor mons many of them looking upon them as a sort of plague but they do them as a whole a great injustice for so far as my experience goes I 1 can say candidly that I 1 have never received better treatment in my life than I 1 have been favored with at the bands of the mormons cormons Mor mons while they are very clannish in their religious views yet they have the happy faculty of making a stranger feel perfectly at ease and it is through no fault of theirs if you do not feel at home in a very short space of time with energy and capital logan could be made into one of the most beautiful and flourishing cities of the west for its natural beauty and resources are all that could be desired for a foundation it is a city of fine I 1 streets and magnificent distances and the trade center of a farming alon of it also has a river that furnishes horse power which to Is ready with trifling expense to be utilized for manufacturing purposes among its fine buildings may be mentioned the thatcher opera house which is a marvel of beauty and ana architectural skill having the most sumptuous interior decorations and appointments appointment and everything arranged upon the most improved plan it is a credit both to its owners and to the city but a very poor investment for the proprietors the thatcher brothers for the reason that the people of logan are not what would be termed theatre goers Is the chief amusement of the people consists in dancin dancing witt amounting to almost a passion with them and on some nights there will be dances in progress at several of the ward churches that is oo on the same evening and every one of said churches will be favored with a full house LOGAN TEMPLE the logan Tem temple pleis is a splendid white stone edifice of magnificent proportions proportion and is situated on a plateau which jig i feet above sea leveland commands a grand view of the country for matsy many miles around from the towers of the temple can be seen the towns of providence millville milleville Mill ville hyrum wellsville mendon paradise benson hyde park smithfield weston lewiston oxford and preston the three last named being in idaho this beautiful structure is feet long 95 feet wide and 86 feet high to the square it has octagon towers at the east and west ends the east tower fower is feet high and the west tower feet high these towers are each 30 feet square there ire are in the building upwards upward of 60 50 rooms some of which are devot devoted ef to educational purposes in which are studied the higher branches of the sciences arts theology literature etc the grounds of the temple comprise a block of eight acres and sixteen lods these grounds are beautifully arranged and tastefully laid out with carriage drives eighteen feet wide and promenades from five to seven feet wide leading among verdant lawns flower beds evergreen and ornamental trees water fountains etc the corri er stone was laid on the of september 1877 on saturday may 1884 the temple was dedicated to the cause of israel agricultural COLLEGE the agricultural college of utah was organized by an act of the territorial legislature approved march ath 1888 accepting the provisions of an act of congress introduced by hon justin S morrill of vermont and made a law july 2nd and 1862 it was founded in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and pro feRS fese lODS lons of life s it has fourr courses of instruction namely agriculture domestic arts mechanic arts and civil engineering A business course is to be added in september making in all five courses it is destined to become one of the greatest institutions in this vast intermountain region it to is the aim of the board of trustees and of the president of the college to make each de department part ment especially strong and for this reason none but specialists are chosen to fill the different chairs As an evidence of its growing popularity may be cited the fact that while it opened its doors on september 2nd and 1890 with 22 students the number had reached at the close of last term we have every reason to expect upwards of students when the college ego commences its it second year of existence next september this institution will fill a long felt want of the territory Teri tory and will be a great help in iii educating educating those who from lack of finances and opportunities have been unable to improve their minds it will give them advantages which if properly used will place them on a level with their more fortunate eastern brethren the experiment station which is a department of the Agricultural college is receiving the hearty endorsement of the farmers of utah and will eventually prove of great benefit to them every day we receive requests from all over the territory for our bulletins and we now have a list flat of nearly names a list that to is increasing rapidly every day the prospects for the future success of both college and station are very propitious J H WALKER LOGAN utah |