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Show TBW' T 0 Wellsville City 1 Oldest Settlement J In Cache Valley jjB One of the Wealthiest Communities in the County. B Boasts of over 1500 Population. Dairy In- ms dustry is Source of Much Wealth. fffigg WELLSVILLE, Dec. 17 Tho first ; jjox home builders came to Cache Valley ifflaF ln tho'latter part of September, 1856. ( jjflM Tbo honored ones were: Peter 4nS vMaughan, John Maughan, W, II. Xw Maughan, Zlal Rlggs, Bryan Strlng- 9mK Jiam.i'olin Wyatt and Mr. Thompson. S&B ' 'They 'lth their families choso the hB present sight of Wellsvlllo as their W J"honfo,1 and set about to build BK "Maughan's Fort." They returned jrgt a'o Tooele for tho winter; but, when Hi spring camo they began anew the H .conquest of Cacho Valley. I IK With them came many more E old .reliable pioneers, Timothy Par- "jB Jclnson and family; John Thlrklo and in family; W. F. Darley nnd family; 3p James Cooper and family; Joseph gr "Woodward and family; W. Gardner ffl and family; Cooper Cummlngs 'and 5 .family; Frank Gunncll and family; John Ileese and family; Thomas Obrey and family, and George and Ellas Edwards. They finished building build-ing the JFort and their cluster of real American style homes 16 feet square built of logs with dirt floors and dirt roofs. The great emigration to Wellsville took place In 18G0 and "Maughan's Port" became a town called Wells-, Wells-, -k vlllo in honor of the great pioneer " General Daniel H. Wells. From this y' humble beginning Wellsville, Las grown and developed into a beautiful industrious, prosperous little city of 1500 population. Peter Maughan acted as bishop of JVellsvlllo from the spring of 1857 until November 1859, when ho was called to Logan, and his son W. II. Maughan was appointed to be Wells-vllle's Wells-vllle's first ordained bishop. He served serv-ed In this position until 1900, when E. II. Owen became bishop. Brother Owen was succeeded by Bishop F. L. Gunnell. Wellsville is one of tho largest -wards in the Church and has one of itho most beautiful tabernacles found in the State. A short time ago tho old meeting houso which has boon used as an opera house, burned to ' the ground. It only toolc Wellsville -a short timo to awaken to the fact that they .needed a new opera house, and with excellent boosters she has one Is now under construction. Wcllsvillo also has a Sunday School of 5G0 members, M. I. A. of 150 members and a choir of 70 members, which Is tho pier of any ward choir In tho church. AVollsvillo docs not grow much In population, but It Is growing in boau- Iiy and wealth. It has everything that goes to mako an Ideal placo for u homo, paved sldowalks, electric lights and a water system oxcollud by none In the world. Tho young folks have every educational advantage advan-tage nnd have access to plenty of good wholesome nmuscmont. Tho railroad accommodations aro all that any like community could ask for nnd tho state road places tho automobile ownor very closo to Logan, Lo-gan, Ogdon or Salt Lake City. Many now homes havo gono up this summer and tho business section of tho city has taken on new growth. ,k Tho dairy industry .stimulated by $1 n, tho now $15,000 dairy and tho ablo TEL nnd onthuslastlo work of Mr. Lcroy Hlllam as tostor for tho Wellsvlllo Cow Testing Association, has developed devel-oped as nevor boforo. Wellsvlllo sells over 20,000 pounds of milk each day which at prosont, brings a monthly payroll of about $17,000. Many now bains have been built and 21 herds aro using puro brod bulls. Tho aver-. aver-. ngo production of tho Cow Testing Association figured on n twolvo month basis, was 299,2 pounds of fa per cow. This is a remarkable showing whon wo consldor that the average Utah cow producos only 160 i pounds of fat per year. One cow In the Association this year produced C22.4 pounds of fat and one herd of twenty cows averaged averag-ed 4GG. pounds of fat per cow durLng tho year. Wellsvlllo claims this to be tho highest averago of any grade herd In tho United States and the owner of this herd, Mr. John Darley would appreciate any Information In regard to a better herd of a better Jersey cow than his, because he desires de-sires to continue to lmprovo his choice collection If ho can possibly do so. Because of the very lato spring, the sugar beet crop this year has been exceptionally light. There were 12GC acrc3 planted with a yield of 13,530 tons of about 11 tons'to tho acre. This Is about four tons per aero short of the normal yields. The dairy and sugar beet farming work exceptionally well together, and give the farmers of this section a reliable money making, permanent system of crop rotation. Tho dry farms haven't done so well this year, but the extra high price for the products has at least partly made up for the poor season. Wellsville Is located In a district where a rich, heavy, black lnexhaust-able lnexhaust-able loam soli lies from five to thirty feet deep. During tho year dry farm land has sold for $250 and $300 au acre. I The excellent railroad accommodations accommoda-tions make it easy to go to Logan to trade, yet wo have three good live general merchandise stores, a butcher butch-er shop, a bank, an up-to-date candy kitchen, a drug store, a garage, a barber shop, a millinery store, a harness shop, a blacksmith shop, and a lumber yard, all doing active, prosperous business. Dr. Brooking as dentist, and Dr. Chrlstensen as physician, aro doing do-ing Wellsville very satisfactory and commendable work. Tho Commercial Club of 107 members, mem-bers, with C. N. Maughan as president, presi-dent, aro nctlvo and are largely responsible re-sponsible for tho many city Improvements Improve-ments of tho past year. Judging tho futuro by tho past, we can look for tho Commercial Club to start many new projects for tho coming year. Wollsvlllo now has nineteen soldier sol-dier boys In tho government sorvlco and .sho has willingly dono her part with Liberty Bonds. The soldier's Welfaro Fund and tho Bed Cross contributions. There are no war lovers lov-ers thero, but thero aro 1500 Americans. A A A |