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Show jlendon. One Of First Settlements or view the town of I ou look into its past history i1ettier that theie is piobably no com- are inclined to say more strikingly demonstrates which Cache Valley of initiative, civic pride, vigor qualities the Mendon he common good. coopeiauon for g on the WeUsville nioun- danSesl the problem of town's . the ning rm soll Qr the situation. The people of 26 diffei- nnk or ent communities ling around the ice skating Or the in "ellsv ille range got behind the movement almost 100 per cent. Pleasure was put on congiessmen and the Foiest Service with the result that the government bought up pait of the land The 26 communities all raised money and bought additional lands on the lange. which they turned over to the government. Extensive reseeding was done over the lange aiea by plane. Today the Wellsville lange, thanks to the foresight and vigorous action of these communities, is largely under Forest Service control and conditions are .w greatly improved. There is good anil plow s tmks graSlS and brush coveiage on the rrapers, k au the work ls donated mountains Serious floods are a thing of the past, and water available for irrigation has steadily risen. There is a good deal in the history of Mendon. more peihaps than in the history of most besides Mendon towns, which would tend to es- eonununities of tablish such a tradition of com- u in solving the pioblem Wellsville munity cooperation. on Hrrazmg as a re-- r In 185? Robert and Alexander n. Back In the '30's uncontrolled Hill, who were among the eaily of many years of the communities situated settlors of Maughans Fort, now 'the foot of the Wellsville known as Wellsville, were attrac- faced ft seiious situa-- n ted by the excellent stieams of There were frequent floods, water west of the present site of i i over-grazin- fri Cvr--l'C- LF M'S cs if Th lejorted to A MENDON BASKETBALL TEAM one-thu- two-thu- m HERE ARE THE Mendon basketball champs of 11)10, the "M S Club Seated left to right aie Jes-- o V Walker. Lm Longstioth and Gwen Haidman. Standing in Kvk low aie, left to light, Emblej, Chauncey Sctensen, John O. Hughes and Eail Hud. ( ft?) ei con-tnbut- ul moi oays. Mendon was lncorpoiated as a town in 1870. It qualified aa a town ot the 3id class as eaily as the 1880's, when it had a population of about 575, compared with 54 In the 1950 census. The present ward population is listed Yal'ey. as m which figure includes resiAlong with many olhtr L'tan dents of the Peteisboro distslet-O- f communities, Mendon had its final 1950 census figuie for with the Older of Enoch, Mendon is 486 or L'tnted Older. Apostle Fra l us Tl e pesent mayor of Mendon, 8nnv ot the L D S church was l. A Larsen, comes from one ser. to Logan in 1874 to effect of the oldest families In the comcrgnn'zation of the United Order munity He Is capable, vigorous, n Gache Valley towns The story and alert to the needs of the is tetd that at the public neet-in.- g community. Membeis of the Menin Logan, acting Bishop For-est- don council aie Wayne IHIbner t,f Mendon objected that it Owen Sorenson, Gilbert Muir "bio be impossible to introduce Angus Bingham. Tieasuier andis .he United Older in Mendon until essie S Gibbs and the recoider I.'sh' p Heniy Hughes letuined is Rulon Ladle. c- Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition Herald-Journ- al Mus settled the question, and an crgamaztion of the Older was at once itlected in Mendon. About d of the settleis joined the Older The other tnn.ii.iied outside the organization to see how it was going to work. This Interesting social and econ-o. tx ei intent had a stunt life in Mention, surviving a little less than two years. Each member had tuined all his land over to the Older, whether he had owned 15 oi 50 acres. And each was responsible for attending to the u i i gat ion of the land he had con-- u ibutea. But when it came to tew aiding for labor, each man was paid only on the basis of days woiked. Thus a man who had given 50 acres fared no bet-lthan the man who had 15, unless he woiked j 2000-mil- j M mission. Apostl Snow have asked: Can the Kingdom of God wait in Mendon juul because Bishop Hughes is on a mission?" 'v 18 f and ox teams to Omann bring poor conveits out u I tnh As eaily as 1861 Menu i w is fked to fit out four yoke it oxin, a wagon, and supply a lull wackei to make the Ion,; A VV. Baker was- - the turney. team-t- c r on this fust tick, t vakii, g the e journey m riv months. Later trips weie n.adj by Petei Lai sen, Isaac Soieuson, P.ulpb Foiester, Jasper Lemon, Jcseph H. Richards and otheis. In the middle of the '60s, Men-do.- i, along with other communities in the valley, began constructing private homes and aoru public buildings of stone in plaey of iogs. The fust stone hou,e in Mendon was built in 1865 by Joseph Baker The masons weie Rooe't Ciookston and Rooeft Vvrdock. In the same year the foundation and walls for a stone n meeting house weie also structcd and It was completed Of all the public buildings in constructed of stone m the v alley, the ore at Mendon is the only ore stili standing and in use. It is i ne of the landmarks of CachJ wagons rom is - L-6-6. the few settlers of Maughan's Mendon, Ohio. Fort left the valley temporarily, The planting season was well a fact which bneflv delaved the along when the lusl setlleis aipermanent settlement of Men- med in M ndon They began at don oiue to make wooden beams lor The fust peimanent settlei s t,uu plows and triangle harrows came in 1830 Among them weie with wooden teeth Break up the Alexander Hill and his sons, Alex- - land was difficult work, expee- under, James, and William, Rod- - lalIv suite the oxen weie pool ger Luckntan, Peter Sorenson, and weak It proved necexxuij to Isaac Sorenson Peter Larsen, coupeiato by putting two oi foui Charles and Alfred Atkins. Char- yoke of oxen on a plow and bieak-in- g land foi om man one day. les and Alfred Atkins, Charles Shumvvav, Janies G Willie, and for anothei the next day and Robert Sweeton Henry Hughes so on until a piece of land had to ruin Mendon They located Some claims w as among the was threatening patty also, but been piepaiod for eai h sett lei and constructed a dugout on the he did not settle Since the Indians in the vicinity T'ands. water available foi permanently m with hank of Deep Canvon was decreasing Cieek, Mendon for another thrc" yrars weie lathei tluentenmg, the atlon though they still made their head- For a time the infant colony thought it best to lia.e then pryjear. was known as Noith Set lenient families bihn 0. Hughes, then a mtm-- , quai tei s in Maughan's Koit. lemam at Maughan's A geneial move to the south from its W of the Mendon CUv council, loit while the nun tiavelled position north of Mauin 1858 due to the ghans Foit Later Heber C. Kimback and foith to take caie of b l leader in the movement to was ordered fJate grazing and rectify the approach of Johnson's army, and ball named it after his birthplace, their ciops Lot in August 1S50 a foit was suiveycd at Mendon and laid out in lots for building The plan was to build two rows of log houses facing each other, with a street between, exSTOP-SERVICtending noith and south. As winter appioached some of the settlers tuined their attendtion to Hie Sorensons building houses FOR MASONS1, and Hills were the fust to complete their log houses in the foit FINISHERS1 All the house's had dot roofs and dut floois The first crop of giain was harSaves Time, vested in Septembei and October with a yield of about 25 bushels to the acie. A waid was organized in the fall of 1S59, with A. T. Shumway as the fust bishop. As new settlers began to aruve in the spring of I860, it be amc evidmt that inoie water would be needed foi irngation It was decided to construct a stoicge dam on Gardner Creek, about three miles south of the settlement. This was mude a community project, with half the people vv oi king on the dam one day and the other halt the nex. i ;y mill the woik WdS finished. The dam was completed and the water tuined in in ample time to start irrigating the new ciops. Hui unfoitunately the new dam son gave way the woik fJl to be started all over again. tin the dam was made stung enough to hold but valuable had been lost and the result was a Iin.t crop foi that year In 1864, after five yiars cf iv ng within the confines of tne WHERE THE "ONE-STOP- " it was considered safe or SERVICE CAN BE FOUND lnt, he sutlers to move or build outside the foit. ft Masons Supply Company was established in Logan in 1947 by La Von A. Neilson, Aong with the other sette-nen?" 0 largest brick contractors in northern Utah. It was the plan to concentrate, in the valley, Mendon was m on place, a the materials that could possibly be needed asked to do its shdie m sending masons in doing any by m job. This has been done and one of the largest and most diversified supplies of st'V 4 a,Ster' 'n's'n9 fools, hardware, rock lathe, fire place equipment, etc., has been kus'ness wa first established. Contractors and mechanics have come ole T"6 they save time, mileage and shopping by getting all their materials from tk. Masons BIT Supply Company in Logan. Jo-ep- 1 ft v SS vv l&e-- 'fc V THEY APPARENTLY diJ not use mai y substitutes on this eaily Mendon basketball team. Seated aie JeJsse W. Walker, Pearce Hardman and Edgar Hdiicock. Standing are Chauncey Sorensen, Geoige Gardner and John O. Hughes. set-tle- is ' ONE 0 WE'RE HERE WITH YOU! t--c to Wo'f' six-ro- d E FLASTERERS AND CEMENT SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS OFFERING THE FINEST IN HEATING EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, ENGINEERING AND DOING OUR OWN SHEET METAL VORK! Mileage and Shopping Around -4 TJga ysjiKs 4. v. '1 s ii-.- V ) M. '' OUR NEW HOME NTB V V 4- -a . f 489 SOUTH MAIN Tni IN LOGAN ts We came to Logan January lit thl year to make ourselves a part of this city's industrial structure and to work with you to help build its future. We were temporarily located at 202 West Third South, but have now just moved into our new home at 489 South Mein. W hope we ere welcome and make the pledge to do our work satisfactory and with credit to ourselves, Logan and Cache Valley. sin-cere- THESE THINGS ARE A OF AMERICA! CONTRACTING IS A MAJOR FEATURE ly ARMSTRONG HOLLYWOOD, Failey Grangs er, the delight, said today every time he makes a personal appearance tour he winds up running for his life. Literally, he insists. The way those gnls mab me makes me feel and act like an escaped bobby-soxer- Some of the Jobs Completed Include SAFEWAY STORE IN LOGAN h ELEVENTH WARD CHURCH AND STAKE HOUSE STAR AVLLEY SWISS CHEESE PLANT Thoyne, Wyoming high school gymnasium and hospital Montpelier, Idaho INTERMOUNTAIN CHURCH BUILDINGS OVER NORTHERN UTAH WITH HIS FATHER, A. M. NIELSEN, THE FIELD HOUSE AND COMMONS BUILDINGS, U.S.A.C. ii1 f fireplj 4 W a side line, the Masons Supply service. The most'complete selec-Rualithearth forms etc., is always available, anc9 fireplace equipment as maior feature of the wood-bove- s in "one-stop- " metal, y" Merchandise with a wide variety from which to make selections. "MIRACLE-WEDGE- " OVERHEAD DOORS WE CUT OUR OWN SANDSTONE. EMPLOYING AN EXPERIENCED STONE CUTTER. 9'vn to approximately 30 trained mechanics which more l,an SI 40,000.00. The Union building and the USAC are now in of construction. ' es arch build- - mg t process Jasons supply co. 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