| Show IN CACHE COUNTY logan june 1898 there is less waste land in cache county than in any other county ot of the state and while the enterprise and energy of its settlers have utilized every foot of space in the valley they are now climbing up on to the hi high hig h benches and dry farming is carried on in the very laps of the mountains surrounding this grand fertile valley this to is the seventh visit the writer has paid cache county but is the first opportunity to see it in its summer array in prior visits cache has beert been under the snow and king winter has held sway and he lays a right cold hand on land and stream during his reign in this vicinity now summer rules supreme and cache valley smil smiles es under the glowing ray of the bright summers bummers sun its broad acre covered food for man and beast in all directions ions the view from mendon across the valley to logan is one that causes the heart of man to go forth in thanks to god for the abundance that is fast maturing for the use and comfort ot of the inhabitants of this grand valley it is ie no wonder that bishop W B preston when as a pioneer of cache valley he pitched camp on the site of the city of logan exclaimed this is good enough for me the spirit of acquisition of more land is abroad among the people and some are migrating brother thomas duce of hyde park la selling out some splendid property which he has held for years and is going to canada with a view of providing a larger scope for his numerous sone acne to spread out upon others are following in the same line logan is at its best its tabernacle square squar e is a paradise of lawn and shade a lovely spot where its patriotic citizens will assemble on the fourth and celebrate the nations birthday in a manner worthy of the occasion the s governor of the state to is expected to attend and share in the enjoyments enjoy ments of tle the day business in logan is lively notwithstanding the colleges are closed the white stripe of the A C is not am and alid the forms of the young coile legi glates ates are absent but the young people of the town as an evening closes in appear on main street on their bicycles the sharp ring of their bells bright lights of their lamps and merry joyous laughter as they glide along in procession cession or execute fantastic figures wheeling in and out in circles the width of their wide street impresses the onlooker with the idea that peace plenty und ad JOY fay reign hereabouts the view from agricultural hill Is grand disclosing the broad meadows and fertile fields for miles in extent with the cities of mendon providence Mill milleville millville ville hyrum and wellsville to the south adouth and west and with hyde park and smithfield to the north prom from the south side of the temple hill you look down upon that part of logan known non as the island with its comfortable for table little homes partly hid in the foliage of orchard and shade trees its straight lines of neat whitewashed white washed ricket picket fences and popular trees re minding oxie one of some old dutch of flem fiem 10 alfh picture the prospect tor for the yield of grain this season are better than ever before and it is estimated that the yield of wheat win will far overrun a million bushels beets are being grown small experimental peri mental patches are found in many places growing finely showing that the soil and bright sun of cache valley will produce as fine beets as are grown in any part of the state among the many good points made by the wellsville sunday school at their examination last sunday at which stake superintendent 0 0 ormsby and his assistants were present was when brother james kerrs kerra class arose it was found to consist of the finest looking young men of wellsville and the handsomest old matrons matrona mat rons the children present had the privilege of hearing their grandmothers recite by heart as we used to say answers to questions on the general apostasy which was the lesson reviewed the bright young men and the grand old matrons matrona were equally proficient in the lesson and afforded an impressive picture of the motto it is never too late to learn miller and douglas of wellsville have large orders to fill for brick and they have already contracted for the erection of about a dozen residences in wellsville during the present season mendon during the past spring had an epidemic of measles and with that and other causes the people there have laid away quite a number of their children lately among those departed this life is mrs forster who has been hostess to the commercial men and travelers tor for many years past ALBERT JONES |
