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Show Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition eroidJoumal The Samuel Roskelley, Pioneer Cache Herald-Journ- al Pioneer Progress Centennial Edition Resident, Bishop For 18 Years Samuel Roskelley, one of the eat hot pioneeis of Cache Valley, and Bishop of Sinithfield from 1M)J to ls-0- , is the subject of this sketch Bishop Roskelley come originally fioin England, wheie he was bom, at Davonpoit, Devon-shuon January 1, 1SJ7. At an euily age he attended the meetSaints ings of the Latter-da- y which weie being , held in his neigliboi hood. Ho became interested in the new leligion and was j baptized on December 3, 1S51, when he was fouiteon years old. At the age of sixteen he emigrated to America ami made his way to Utah Shoitly alter his amval in Utah, Samuel was hned as a teamster by President Brigham Young He was also employed to guatd and held the Church cattle and In this capac.ty he was sent to Cat he Valley m the summer of build his home thote He piompt-l- v complied with the request ot the chuich authmities and moved to the new location. Smithfield now lemamed his permanent home curing the balance of ms e, 's "r CANYONS which abound around Cache which occupied the early settlers wai one of the labors Above are shown several loads of 00J deal of the time. in town from one of the canyons. The man juSf arriving Emmanel Peterson, father of Victor E. the lead wagon is ir, k i orestry resources Mission .'. 'N y 8 as-si- gi W j'J "Viv trj Second Wm-he had served eighteen 1855, with Bnant Stiingham and ve.vs as bishop of William Nloffatt, to put up hay Bishop Roskelley was Smithfield, AO-- T' released, for a laiger lieid to be sent there and at the same time called on a for w intei Samuel Roskelley mission to England his second thus with became " acquainted V v ,v ' misili n. These events took place s ' Ciuhe Valley beloie there wa a In 188 . V'S?' K i 1T v '.V' ",v NS V Again he journeyed to s wfc j& x WellsvlUe , . y single while sethei. and again he was I.iveipool, . "is;- -was not founded until the foled to the London conference, lowing yeai whcie he served one year as ' &? ' ' . To Kngl.iml V pnsK.ent. He retu'ned home in " ri A , ' At the age of nineteen, Samuel ',881 and had in his charge 775 nawas called on a mission to his , m nil err of the chuich who were tive country England He acceptto Utah. Peterson, 124 Crockett Ave. The driver of the second wagon ed the call and disposing of his miguiiing One month after his arrival, at is Emmanuel's brother, John Peterson. The men were brothers PROMINENT CACHE V AI.UF.Y PIONEER and bishop of Smith-fiel- d possessions he made his w ay across a rtnke confeteence held In for man years was Samuel Roskelley. of And reas Peterson, prominent shoe merchant in Logan's the country to New Yoik, where I'ishop Roskelley was apfor boarded a he Liverpool. over and ship of The Charles father' of Peterson the Jo Tn 1911 the health of Bishop pointee' early days, Hlgn so that he held this position for preside Logan. diligently as a mission- Priests quorum of Cache stake. 27 year. Roskelley began to fail. Tnre picture was taken about I8S0. Note the yoke of oxen pulling He seived He nisi tiaveled to St. George ary for two years, working princithe lead wagons. When Cache stake was divided years later, on February 10th, mid engaged tn pally in the London conference, in the winter 1911, he died at his home in In 1Jtll, and a new stake called and then Iwas released to return temple wotk. When the Logan Smithfield, loved and respected to his home. He arrived In Salt temple was completed in May', Benson stake was formed, Samufl bv the entire community, where Lake City in June 1858, the same 18s 1, Samual was selectRoske'ley was selected to pre- he had labored so long and faithmonth that Johnston's Army ed for the important position of side over the High Priests of the fully. He left a large posterity leeotcVt. His life was prolonged now t entered Salt Lake Valley. to do him honor. rganization. After having been at home for h and million cattle and ders. In 1950 the return fiom na- one year he wa married to Rebecca Hendricks In July 1859. horses and three and tional forest timber was about Hearing of many people Who million sheep and goats grazed or $130,000. As would be expected, were moving to Cache Valley, browsed on the forests; their grazing fees exceeded timber Samuel Roskelley decided to again owners paid almost thtee and a sales; they amounted to $357,000. visit the beautiful country that he half million dollars grazing fees. Special use fees, etc . totalled had first seen in 1855. There were settlers when he returned Special use and gther miscellan- $12,770 and the aggregate income many and he ' traveled as far as Richeous fees totalled amost one mil- was almost one-hamillion dol- mond before he found a suitable lion dollars. Receipts totalled lars. location. This was In the spring TELEPHONE 132 521 NORTH MAIN about 34 million dollars. This 1860. After building a home he of 170 are saw mills There about year promises to be considerably became active in the ward. He higher; receipts for the first six in Utah. The value of lumber pro- was appointed to lead the choir months of the year totalled twenty-se- cessed by these mills annually exven ceeds one and one-hamillion dollars. million and this oi ganlzatm became WE SELL dollais. Fence posts used famous through the singing of the It should be noted that a good or sold are valued atannualy one million song, "Hard times, come again share of this money is returned dollars. Fire wood cut and used no more. Samuel also helped to to the counties in which timber every year by Utah citizens is val- build canals and guard the town sales money or fees are collected. ued at $450,000. No one would at- against Indians. The Shoshone O WE SERVICE Twenty-fiv- e percent of the annual tempt. to put the dollar mark on tribe under Chief Bear Hunter receipts are returned to counties the recreation benefits derived were particularly antagonistic . at for the benefit of public roads and from the national forests. About this time and were not subdued O WE GUARNTEE public schools. the only way to evaluate this until the next year when many nf Ifah Figures commodity would be to register them wery killed at the battle of Utah, although not considered the magnitude and duiation of Bear River. a timber state, profits from the howls if this privilege were taken To Smithfield national forests within her bor away from the public. When a reorganization was effected in the bishopric at Smith-fielin the summer of 1862, ' Apostle Ezra T. Benson announced that he had chosen Samual Rnsxelley of Richmond to preside over the Smithfield ward. This H- I life. At Smithfield, beside his Bishopric, he entered Into all the auivit'fs of the people. He Joined 'he military oigamzation an.l became a captain of infantry In the Cuene Valley Bilgade. He served as touniy suterintendent of puo-U- c schools for seven years. He wcv mayor of Smithfield for 'hrte terms. He became a director of the Utah Northern railroad, and also served as director of three canal companies. He also served as a in the building of the Cential Pacific railroad. ' V ,,y k Lo-jH- n, are of great economic y mCERN TO PUBLIC, PROFESSOR DECLARES yn School turner m. lewis by rorestrv, IsAC of the question is 'ccasionally Do the national foiests ed, dividends to the Ameman acr or, A lot of public mon-goe- s tainous, or rough, land. National forests make up only 16 percent of the nations commercial forest area. Pay a Off Despite the foiegoing fact, the federal bureaus public forest, under gradually irrt how much proving management have returnthe forest service, es back? ed a proper amount of money to is a known fact, of cuuise, the public. Although national fornot do the national forests est land is not the most highly rporate the best timber land productive of timber it has other The federal commodities to sell and the aggrehe United States 'rnment has punmsely gate of these is a considerable on the amount of money. In addition to foiesl land of timber, the forests sell productivity grazing much rights, and special use permits, country. Consequently, as Over he Douglas fir forest of the for summer homes and other recrfic Northwest, most of the reational facilities. A few figures ed by woods, and the will be given to Illustiate the of lands are the East wing magnitude of this financial rensonSrl rd by private lumber com- turn. into such high-valu- e, s fast-timb- er will compare a forest map of the United es with a topographic map, he see that the public forests ide largely with the moun es If anjone onsl ROPER G OF Last year all of the national forests sold 3.5 billion, board feet of timber for almost twenty-nin- e and a half million dollars. One one-tent- one-ten- th WANGSGAARD'S HEATING & APPLIANCE CO. lf lf ft d, PASTRIE STUDEBAKER IMILAI UCTS. Royal has been a name synonymous with economical and nerving which EFFICIENT bakery TRANSPORTATION SINCE THE EARLY DAYS every ards of I" pro- - STUDEBAKER HOLDS THAT DISTINCTION - THE AUTOMOTIVE FIELD TODAY WWI - COMMANDER V-- 8 Source of While most people think Csche valley primarily as an -- cultural center with the great -- LAND CRUISER of em- phasis of the economy resting on .the shoulders of the individual farmers, there are several chief WITH ITS "THRIFTY TWEE" 1951 MODELS . . . CHAMPION for Bishop Roskelley to transfer his inietesU to Smithfield and Income Diversified High 1. appointment made It necessary V-- 8 rn j industries with payrolls adding up to some $1,200,000. There are condensed milk and cheese factories, a sugar factory, g and elevators, pea and bean canning plants, knitting and wearing-apparfactories, candy and ice cream plants, bakeries, chicken and fish works, sand and gravel plants, upholstering and tailor shops, sawmill and millwork busirsses, monument companies, a mattress factory, bottling works, concrete pipe companies, tile and brick plants, harness shops, turkey processing plant, abattoir, trout farms and honey culture. These Industries alone employ some 2,000 people. All In Cache el raisi'i d using , ire ery valley! Thli year w opened our new Display Rooms. This makes our show rooms not only the largest but the most convenient check over their possible. You can see our appliances easily and without hurry. This is our idea of progress. By constantly adding new features we are keeping abreast of the times. AKD STILL GROWING-- - ustd day-s- , Crop Production bear- - coraHva Is DEE WANGSGAARD flour-millin- - it'd rf1! CT , Is Our Big Item 'W WHERE STUDEBAKER I SALES AND SERVICE Urservce department is well equipped Logans livestock and crop production reached the staggering toial of $14,720,000 00 during 1950. IS MAINTAINED to do any type of repair fob no matter 9e or how motor to a small. Factory trained mechanics can do anything from rebuilding a complete "tune-up- " job. While we specialize in Studebaker service our ancal department is available to any car or truck owner. We have a reasonable un of used CARS cars, in good condition, available. AND TRUCKS OP OUTSTANDING STYLE & PERFORMANCE thomas a. budge co. 295 Ncrfh Main Logan, Uich WE REPRESENT It is estimated that the total agiicultural income of the county for the year, less feed costs, etc., for well over $11 million. The production of some 15,000 head of dairy cattle lead the in ividual price list with a production figure of $3,500,000.00. Turk is were second with an even one million dollars worth produced within the valley. d Hay, Including pastures, ear $3 million dollais last ilone, with wheat and barley following at $1,800,000 and $1 million respectively. o HOTPOINT APPLIANCES HOTPOINT APPLIANCES pro-lucc- Nice for Firemen LENOX, Mass. Lenox fnemen hope they have to answer a lot of alarms like this one. The Red Cross Canteen Corps decided to .ee what it could cook up in the way of disaster rations. As vic- tims it invited the towns 25 firemen to sit down to a meal of fish chowder and strawberry shortcake. S Wangsgaard Heating & Appliance 521 NORTH MAIN PHONE 132 LOGAN, UTAH i |