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Show Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition Hrld.Journol Story Of Hyrum Canals Is Typical Of Early Irrioation Department JinTBridger Had A Colorful Life - Prjl'ct $,,ecial Liver, which they discovered and named. Down Bear Rive- - they traveled until they reached Cache Valley, and heie they wimeied At first they referred to the val ley as Willow Valley because ot the v..lows along the stream. After the big fur cache was n1e on the banks of the Little Beer River south and east of Hyi ini Dam, the valley was renamed, In the valley "Cache Valley. v hich the Ilyrunt dam now covers Jint and his party made mnny fur caches. It is interesting to know how the caches were made. Often they were made in a rocky cave or even a hollow in a tree or in its the financial h Council. ndreds of Cache of county 7m.ganlat,or.s, erected the banks of ronun. rtificial lake, in f 0 Brld- man named Jim who his contempnianes Cache Valley, as trap- 0J unveiled monument as a of 1935 during two-da- y the and a gen-o- f scoutmen and CdedbyJohnA Israe,-a ifhad been determined by committee that early June i by nsored SiVScuuU. worin ..cached" $150,000 the winter of 1S21 'Sdunng r&S'tery dense gf Cache Valley K7,heRo'cky when m-Mountain Fur n 0f st Louis, Missouri, General William Ashlev head, were hunting rivers and creeks whra found. might still be . P that time were oeave-:!w make the famous men and used by both The beaver shins weie one about $6 a pound, and lbs. about ver pelt weighed of young In 1823, the f 't paitj St Louis 'i r left I, ttappers West. Thee were e ui, explored the patty. Mo-- l jut 100 men in , 'them, due to evtieme nari-ipencountered, never liv'd to homes letcra to their Ulls s,mP p,ty A year later at enforced, spent the winter in Wvnming Horn River IfA un-Lj- ?ve jJ Janus Biidger. 'cat same winter, the party, was cied.ted Pass, m i ib discovering South They pushed thiough Wyoming. liuth Pass to Gieen Riv r, and down to the head wa'cr? of me ot foliage. Sometimes .n -- '''- Hir" gi-s- ci 1 H t - v I'.., S.A. THIS IS CACHE V LI.EY-The- re Is The dairy aspect of the areas economy has taken on increasing importance in recent ytnis, until today it accounts for aim it half of the gross income fiom on Cache Valleys abundant acres. probably dairy'r.g economy. no mine nicer' of Cache Valley than one hke the above A dairy herd grazing in a meadow, with the mountains for a backginund, symoobzes the valley s mipoitant agricultuial- - agti-cultu- re equpment were safely stored tor purchased a flat boat used for a number of ycats. hauling freight and piloted il up down the Missouri River, Jim Budget, the honored trap-pe- - and which was close to his homp. The whose memory motivated tne work was much too heavy for tuildig of the large monu neat a hoy of his age, and he was to a Ly Ins thousands of adnmin.; aopunticed blacksmith, vhee he worked until he was iS young seouts, was boin in Rich17. i801 March mond, Virginia, in yeats old. His education otherHe was left motherless at the age wise was sadly neglected. of 12. and his father, who was In 1S22, he read in a news-pana suivtyor bv trade, died one that the Rocky Mountain year later He took the money Li.r Company wanted to employ left to him by his father, and 1 10 young men as trappers many of this gioup lap r became famous explorers and trappers, but none become more e- y, renowned than did For the next twenty-on- e years, J.m trapped and tramped the mount a, ns, when he established g Foit Bridger in southern his fort became a haven lor travelers, where they could buy '.Vvo-min- Dairying from Years Serving Seven Independent Service Stations Many Garages in the Cache Valley ' vc f - In to Scores of Homes If 4t ' - i lv. EAACO 3 horses, provisions, and smithwork. One as accustomed to tiavel and perilous adventures could not rpend Ins time sitting around a store, waiting to trade with tiavel-ei- s, end so it was no supiise to other trappers to find aging Jim still making explorations into the Ur country. He gave aid to overland traveler and to the Mormons on their way to Utah. He served as a guide for Johnstons army when they came to Utah In the Echo Canyon war. supplies, Jim Briger Is credited with being one of the best, if not the very test, of all the early guides. The last yeats of his life were spent at the home of his daughter in Missouri, where he died at the nge cf 77. Cache Valley meicial milk Preceeding companies and staff Page) members of the Utah State Agri and, Is often referred to as the cultuial College. This association largest Swiss cheese plant in the although in its early planning was vvoi Id. strictly a Cqche County organizaThe coming of the modern tion has spiead in the short space a was maiketHig facilities of 2 3 years to four stales. It is further boost to the Dany expected that 20, (XX) cows will be bred artifically by the Cache val First Condensors ley Breeding Association this With the coming of the fust year. oondensois several dairymen imTo look back over the past and posed good quality Holstein catview pi ogress made is highly de tle. Among the fust to bring cattle here were Parley and Nephi Nelson, A. L. Harris, John T. Caine, Frank A. Rawlins, Bngham Jond, Martin Pond, G. A. Hogan, Utah State Agricultural College, Harvey Rawlins, J. V. Hendricks, Bullens and Hyers. Two impoitant events occuied in 1911. A group of Richmond dany men sent 1ailey Nelson to New Yoik to puiehase a catload of cattle and an outstanding held sue. He pmchased Rag Apple Koindyke 13th. This gieat sue cost the gioup $1200.00. Of this bull Piofessor Caine says, I think it is safe to say that this bull has done mite to develop Holstein cattle in Cache Valley than any other animal. Also in 1911 the fust cow testing association was organized in Utah. This association continued two yeats and was comprised of 441 cows in Richmond and Lewiston. These cows aveiaged 250 lbs. of fat pf-- cow the fust year, compared to 406 lbs. produced per cow in Richmond Dairy Held Inruirbvemenl Association last year. The testeis in the first association were Fred Theuier and John Wilson. Responsible for organizing the association was John T. Caine III, and W. E. Can oil of the Utah State Agricultuial College. Since that time cow testing has found a home on progressive dairy farms and has become a basic tool in the building of high producing dairy leg-lster- . XWK gm- - the black ''rmth, Jim Bridger. COMPANY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Fuel Oil ,r. "x - (Continued WITH TEXAS . t DEALER AND CONSIGNEE Twenty-Fiv- e . ' Texaco For v. of Scandinavian decent, and occasionally it is refered to as "little Srandinav la From extracts from the Deseret News if 1881, the following facts weie related: Cooperation Is a success In Hvrum. The citizens coc-'erati- people. About one hundied actes of ground was plowed and wheat planted. Then came the question of water. A toute for a canal had been gone over by 1 a Allen. Jesse V. Fox was engaged to sur- vey the route, but his stakes weie so far apart that the men could not follow them for any gieat distance. So, with the aid of spiut level, eight shovels, and few old spades and home made plows, twenty men In twenty-on- e days brought the water of Little Bear River from Paradise, a distance of nine miles. The canal was five feet wide at the bottom and eight feet wide at the top. The water leached the crops too late that year to be of any benefit but as the city grew, this same canal furnished wa'er for farms, saw mills and woolen mills. Another canal was made In 1864 which taps Blacksmith Fork River about a mile below the mouth. This canal Is about three miles long and supplies water for most of the farm land lying northwest of town. The population of Hyrum had Increased to 1400 people by 1880. They were mostly of Scandinavian descent. (Incidenlly the people living there now are in majority California Packing Corporation MOUNTAIN STATES DIVISION Among the Pioneers of the West in Food Processing o SMITHFIELD HYRUM OGDEN o MORGAN o SPANISH FORK sirable and especially so If It causes one to also look to the future with a vision of future possibilities. In this respect it should be pointed out that we are only at the beginning. We have the know how and the resources to feed and manage an additional 0 milk cows in Cache In Utah FRANKLIN 8,000-10,00- In Idaho County. one reflects on the past let him also view the future with consideration of how he can do his part to build a greater Dairy Industry In Cache County. As r o OUT VALUES STORAGE BULK PLANT AT 990 NORTH MAIN STREET G. Earl has been more from the time he entered in civic affairs, has been E. than a distributor of petroleum products In Logan, the business and industrial field he has participated an ardent worker in the LDS church, and at the present President of the Cache Chamber of Commerce. He has always cooper-with his otulets in the territory served and has built them into a loyal group OUT SELLS ALL OTHER CARS 4 e ot supporters. The se 1 Cache Valley Service Stations are always at your ervce with Texaco, Fire Chief and Sky Chief Gasoline, arfak Lubrication, tires and accessories. ROBERT N. MAUGHAN BOB'S TEXACO SERVICE Wellsville, Utah J- - G- - - v fi wl R. RONBURG JAY'S TEXACO SERVICE 3rd South and Main, Logan, Utah DON C. EARL EARL'S SERVICE STORE 5th North and Main, Logan, Utah VERNAL SEAMONS SEAMONS SERVICE STATION Hyde Park, Utah JAMES C. LARSEN JIM'S TEXACO Smithfield, Utah EVAN SPACKMAN SPACKMAN'S SERVICE STATION Richmond, Utah 'OHN T. SORENSON JACK'S TEAXCO SERVICE Lewis; cn, Uich E. G. EARL, CONSIGNEE North Main store SERVICE Telephone Logan, Utah 4S v fat produced here In 1912, G. A. Hogan of Lewiston made the first out of county shipment of registered cattle when he sold 27 head to a company in Idaho. In 1913 Professor Caine, then doing field work in Southern Idaho, came here and purchased 3 carloads of Holstein cattle for dairymen at Rupert, Bui ley, Paul and Jerome. hile Black and The fust Black and White show was held in Richmond in March men were 1915. The following laigely responsible for starting this event: N. F. Bu len, C. L. Funk, A. L. Harris, J W. Hendricks, J. J. McCarrey, O. D. Mer-- i ill, P. N. Nelson, Earl Robinson, H. Whittle and George O. ebb. Since 1913 the show has men held every year except two. Richmond has beebme nationally known as a result of this event. It has brought thousands of visitors to Qiche Valley and paved the way for the sale of breeding stock to many parts of tha United States. In 1948, the Cache Valley breeding Association was otgamzed. Planning the project were leading dauymen, lepiesentations ol com- - -i w t,1 4 iuu hH Iff! IV, y High Moie than 20o0 cows are on text in Cache County today. This piogiam is paitly idsponxible for the high level of butterfat produced per cow here. It is doubtful if there is another county in the United States that raise their own held replacements that equal the amount of milk and butter i- i AMERICA'S LARGEST . . . cows. :.,t o r THE 1 i water ta the piesent sue by canal and that they could get water for culinary pui poses by digging wells 1913 These wells solved until when spiing water was bt ought thiough pipes Horn Dry Hollow. In Apnl of I860 the location for the present city- - location was made. The town at first was built in for fashion for piolection against the Indians. It extended east and west along pait ol what is now main stieet, and it consisted of two rows of log houses in which lived about twenty families, with a tatal popular turn of IDO M W 4, a steeu wall, or a hillside, or where-eve.- the goods could be Kept diy. The trappers generally selected a hih, dry and grassy site. Then a cucle of sod two feet in diameter was cut out and preseived as a cap or covering. As the hole was oi.g, it was widened gradually In the shape of a jug until it was a'X or eight feet deep. The earth was handed out of this hme in a vessel and caiefully disposed cf, usually m a stream, to a"oid ditection by the Indians. A floor coveiing several indies thick was made of dry sticks, s or hay, on which the n tines to bo hidden were placed. The dty insulating sticks and hay v ere extended up the sides of th ole as the pile of goods m-eased to keep the fuis away from the walls. The furs the roughly dried before placed in tl e ole Loose earth was stamped in and around the top of the hole, and the disc of sod was replaced. If no sod was on hand, a camp-fi-- e was built over the spot to ctnetal it. In this way fuis and 1 ZrT G. EARL E. V By GI.Mns K. Jt NSKV The fn-- t settlei s in llyium, a wav hack in lstlt) located temporal lly about one mile multicast fiom the piesent town site. This place was called Camp Hollow. A small stieam of water coming fiom a small spring was the main atuaetiun for slopping at that point. The settlei s made and lived In dugouts for seveial weeks. They explored the country around them and found thut they could bung 8-- Am.cd Scouts of of that town now have In opera tlon two stem and one water power sawmills, producing lumber, lath, and. shingles, and giving labor to many of the inhabitants. They have a planing mill un by water power and a furniture shop In connection with the mill. They have a blacksmith shop, a dairy store. The store is and paying employees one third merchandise, one third cash and one third bulldine materials. . . . AMERICA'S FINEST fib; 'Cl' CAR LOW-PRICE- D SOLD AND SERVICED BY Cache Valley's Largest Dealer K, Our service equipment and factory?trained mechanics make it possible to do any repair or rebuilding job satisfactorily. EODY AND FENDER WORK TWENTY-FOU- - BEAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT HOUR WRECKING SERVICE R MILLER CHEVROLET CO. 209 NORTH MAIN. 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