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Show Of Newton Relates Benson Ward Is Good Farming ! History Huinerous Early Tribulations llv aiea known tod.iv as Ben- Tl atchcr and Bishop William B. son did not become the site of Rie'ton of Logan, the latter of wlom suggested that the new titp n mam nt homestead until 1871, tho-Uu lo that time it had been used tle community be named Benson' ftom Newton and Clarkston, mu ly ns a held ground for cat-t- v after Apostle Kzia T. Benson. until e budge was built aciu?s fiom Logan and other towns Alma Hums, nephew of Martin lie liver in the southwest psrt Hams of Book of Mormon fame, of Benson The feiry boat was in too valley In the eatly spnng of 1S71 a was named fust bishop. pulled acioss the liver with a rope attached to a team of hoiss Duung Newton's settlement the ntimbir of families began to build Meeting House or ntuV'- pulling from the opposite nociis in this distnet. The fust cradel, diapper, self binder, headA meeting and school hems hank Tlieehaige for transput ting er and combine harvesteis have weie Chillies Reese. V. G Reese, was-- ieg one-halanlt about nolo a Ch u It's A Rec'se, George Thomas team acioss the river was 25 been used in harvesting sou'l.west of the piesent location gtain cents. Adaption of new lines of mdustiy and h.s son Geoige (later presit of ie meeting house One of the have formed such as dauying, dent ot the Vniveisity of Utaht, lu si teaeheis sett lets in the Benson in this building was J. Isiec. and Claik sons, Cy Sophnna Reese. Geoige Thoma,, aiea me listed as follows. poultry raising, and since the introduction of sugar industry fatm-ei- s Rdinund and John Claik. Jeie-nun- h l.it-'- i to become Homy Griffiths, Thomas Duvis, president of the have taken to growing sugar Hatch came in the following of Utah, also taught Thorns Rogers, John Reese, RebUmveisity y eat beets as an added industiy. el t Kevvley, Lemuel Steel, N 'phi sc ho, I in Benson for a shin I time. The settlement was oignmi'd Remains of the original Newton Tat bet, Samuel Weeks, Abseil mi A' the time of the settlement rt'jei v oir aie still to be seen about somewhat latei by Apostle Moes of 1 ensem, David Reese and Woolf, John B. Catmul, W. D a mile noith of the new Newton Thomas Duee, Jose Jt Thatcher had a rsiun Nosh Williams, dam acics of which teceived supple- ninth of the piesent meeting William Gibson, Jonathan Ri ks, The new dam, completed in mental ii ligation. nouse, moss the Bear Rivet. They Kia Ricks and Bill Kicks. 1946, has an active storage capaRiesent Mayoi of Newton is had a lather huge held of cattle Muter IVohlein city of 5,300 acre feet A total of Walter Cooley. D. R Claik is and o elated a Oblfilnmg water for iirignt'on feny boat across 2225 acres of land was at feet ed tieasuici and Harold Baitlett lVr River near the present a was quite a problem for the nny by building of the new dam. 570 cleik V. T. Baiker and Merlin This feny was used settlers of Benson. The fust probudge of acies which was new lmH Andesen aie membeis of the a gient deal by the people of ject was the digging of a d'tsh bi ought under litigation and lb.Vi town council. lew ist on and Tienton, as well as by hand labor east of Benson andise stores weie dest toyed bv In e The town in the yeais following has niacie wonderful pmgiess, a good sued resulting mostly fiom impioved which was to methods of farming. The fat mots put poses The have leai ned how to pioduce the Mis. Phubeth finest kind of grain on diy fat ms. YXSKX AND JUNE GARNER Young in building uvMtKLE CHKISTI log house p,u t ot from Clarkston where cons haci ;ts beginning be us d loi si houl W7auon had been in progress, in regard to moung the lust teachei was either down on the Clarkston Creek, onto a sunny gentle Annie Guinn L lit 1 isT 1 a view of the entire southern part of travel between the which commands cast and west sides of the valley Valiev, men of Clarkston held a meeting was handicapped because ot the r0h S 1 S69 all of the chlliculty ol ciossmg Bear River, Newton. ?D7esent site of so in that a budge was built over to bi be entitled ought through it act oss the yeai piesmed nvn in a duect line of evaporated or sank into the Bishop between Newton anti The ff. F. of ground before it could leach the expense was sliaied Logan The question bv Cache to be to land intended a' nrigated. scusstd and put County and J he people ot Claik-sto- n the men voted Several of the men built houses and New ion new townsite in 1SG9. The r7nr and 3 of the men against othe In 1872 the following yeai, Newnew houses were built of logs with 7 die town to this mov-tnton continued to grow, faiming of favor t dn roofs and Hoots, and thuse Those in who could afford it had rough pioved mote or less of a success, and the people weie hopeful of board floors Some of them had a piospeious town. The no ceilings and the walls vveie making cows weie heided in a bunch by not plasteied, willows were used a special tow beidet hvery' one for lath in some of the homes What little aitifieial light they biought then cows to the squaie and gieen I..,whin the holder blew his hum; had came Horn hand made candles, 'Another Meeting this hoi n was made horn a cows held Mar made of was tallo meeting sheep Another hoi n Some of the heideis weie pioposed same the on 869 Lived in Barn Ci is Ay ling A. r. Welchman bv a great attended Upon coming to Newton, Hy--- - and Ola Lai sen Because of the ptessing need for their rum Cuitis made his home in a (vv ton gKe -- eed to (,von vvent bain and Anna Mane Johnson nunc walei a rioeling was held Jrt toW"sdllu, lakes lm the lived In a chicken coop Bishop Match t'l lxl at which the peoVnublic spume R was in-- I Rigby built a two stoiy house ple voted in lav oi of building a Ihe cieek hi cl ninth T mrrove the .nine Claik-- ! which was .unusual m that dav Itseivoil bv hie soon of the si ll lenient was This It was agieed site' new destroyed the onto irlem-I.atet he that the fanner should cliavv wa-tthe nmdow lands in after its construction U m piopoilim, to then weak !Lt,te n.uhbmhood of built a substantial rock house. .n the fust building of that kind in on Ihe iisiivon dam Howevei, a f(jr pastui e, to raise! Newton Among the eailv s. Itleis nunihi of viais passed hefoit they uramand to tiv divhtimmg. Oseai and Joseph Mvlei could del iv e unit li benefit fioni weie water individual Thr seveial to the Swen Jacobs, Hyium Cuitis Hans the lindi t taking Dui mg the y eats Msweie to be div.rted Jenin of const nation the darn bloke 7 Ivine in and about the new Smcnson. John Jenkins Beil an enoi moils and thiee tutus tau-in- g 'irate Bishop Rigbv was in-- 1 Peter Jensen, Win Mlel Th(n sl,ent Ibo wm- - los to the huildnis, considering 10 ucted lo la oul a l0"nMle ter of 1S69 and 70 on the piescnt then nunitieis and tmamial standnsst of 16 ten acie blocks, each site of Newton 8 lots of ing A number of the people got citaining No Public Builcling disc out aged and lclt as the crops Bh let. No public had yet tailed foi want of watei year after buildings Monday James The following commenced the boon built, and all community ac- yeai The little gtain the laimeis Martinsen In the eouise tivities necessary were held in raised dining these yeais was ork of surveying private dwellings The main acti- shiunk for lack of water and was 3 weeks he surveyed a townsite on vities pertained to the church. unmaiketable diy fainting as rd a number of 5 acre lots at that really not undoistood North, and another field of1 Meetings were held in the home over tune When the leseivotr was fin- acre lots on the south of the of Wm. Bell who piesu'ed 111 V P--Sb St e - lf Am-alg- Area celled waste water from Hyda Park. The land was boggy and difficult to dig and It was found that the flow could not he depended on Later an Indenenden valor right was obtained fiom Logan River, and the people of Pcnson cooperated with the people cf Logan in constructing the canal now known as the West Kidd canal. Some of the early .,dtVrs also got imgation water fiom the Smithfield Spring. Trine ipal crops of the early Benson settlers were grain and was hay, though cattle-raisin- g aho an important Industry. With the d vc lopment of more In'ensive Benson has become one en of the best farming areas In the valVy, One of the first sugar beet cr-- ps in Cache Yaley was grown at Bento i. 1 ', son. Pinson has always been outstanding for Its fine draft horses. L -- 111 nt S3 Jsi S L' I i After 46 Seasons EWTONS out )W, BIS BRASS BAND of th Newton Edwin Fish, twn and church Ezra Pictured in house are, front Cooley, Joseph J. George Ecklund; second row James Johnson, Wilford Jenlcins, Alphonso Christensen, Horace Jenkins, Parley Rigby, Eli Hansen; last row, James Neilson, Emil Wennergren, Elmer Hanson, Parley Peterson, and Oliver Jenkins. caste. The meadow land of River was surveyed into 5 A tjotion number of families th newly We the same year. sutveyed Among n was Amos Clark, who built there in 1869. Soon after-I these gatherings. They were generally pretty well attended; subsequently meeting were held in Jonas Beck home and still later at the home of Bishop Rigby who had moved down from Claikston. In the summer of 1870, President he opened the fust p Young visited Newton Brigham in Newton and encouraged the people who commenced the settlement. He Change Mind-- , suggested that both Claikston and ufe das and the we, k Newton be continued, believing of the people m that there were facilities foi two on seemed to J regart lo change their settlements in that particular part vacating their of Cache Valley. moUng rioun e ne7ofand Years of Progress lhose whQ Bishop Rigby took the lead in a constructive saw mill ? ciarKs,,)n rights where their building w which was run by Jonas Beck and On this account the Wm. Bell. Other settlers ai lived NOerlbil suffeied the next year and soon the place ,f Nue"ton Ctt gMhue Want t "a-'e- y had the tte appearance of a prosperthICH "hlCh "as made ous little village. The people felt the urgent need .r1, ,0 thfl new rCtte iuT slope "as of school water that was so public assistedaccommodations, Franklin W. they black-hmo- d AT ALL lslied, Newton gamed the reputation of raising as good grain as can be produced in any part of Cache county. The cost of the reset voir was $10,000 New' School House In 1 87u a new rock school house The people was built. taxed themselves 37 riullais for thiee yeais to raise funds for ils conAn 8 loom 2 story stitution buck school house was later constructed, this building was struck by lightning after a few years use, and was entirely desroyed by fire. A nice foir roomed brick building modem in all its accommodations has been built and is in use at the piesent time Newton has suffeied losses from other disastrous fires. A church house- elected in 1887 was destroyed by fire in 1929. This has been replaced by a large brick Church house aford-in- g a chapel and recreation room. At different periods two merch- - QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS AT ECONOMICAL .GOOD MEATS FRESH PRICES VEGETABLES 11 cessing was then in its infancy. if! E agricultural and processing methods have taken place in the intervening years. Starting with a slicing capacity of 600 tons of beets a day, the Lewiston sugar mill has since been more than trebled; quality of finished product has Great changes inr also been improved. Even now, after 46 seasons of sugar beet growing in f this district, further important steps to give the industry new solidarity and prosperity are being taken: Experiments conducted last year for the first time in the Lewiston College and the sugar company are gradually bringing the Nemotode problem under control. ast year for the first time in the Lewiston district with new type beet seed promise to increase both the and the sugar content of Cache Valley sugar beets in the Experiments conductedl yield-per-ac- TIMES i X Beet sugar and Cache Valley have been feamworkers since one of the earliest sugar factories in Utah was built at Lewiston, in 1905. Sugar beet growing and pro- re near future. OUR SPECIALTY Today, the modernized sugar factory at Lewiston continues to turn 4 out hundreds of millions of pounds of sparkling pure White Satin Sugar for Cache Valley and neighboring markets. 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