Show IS TH CENTER OF GREAT J b at the foot of one of the most beautiful C ful wasatch mountain ranges ties nestles ties tie the city of richmond in the northeastern part of cache count county just six ix miles south of F franklin illg idah idahl and fourteen teen miles north of log it q a population of 1600 and dates its from the fall of 59 Js Us leading aith ne have always I 1 been of a broad progressive abl public spirited nature in early das da they were ere pr prominent eminent as freighter freighters into moats and idaho it was rich mond men M W merrill and W D hendricks that contracted the grad ing and construction of the utah ard northern railroad from rr franklin anklin idaho to butte montana this th is aine same spirit seems to have been transmitted to the descendants of such stalwart pioneer pio nees richmond was tha the first city in the county outside of logan to install a city water system it wa was the first city in the valley to establish a CAr naFle library fri years and up until U 1 S consolidation of of public schools it stood at the head of ot county docil school di today we have established here the stake headquarters and stake build ins of the benson stake the ile north cac cache v high school one of the best in the is 13 located here this school is veil well managed and is making makin 9 a ate safe satisfactory growth it is located on the cement state highway and stands out prominently as a monument to the rox v spirit of th people who built tuilt buot it in the south part of the city wo we I 1 I 1 have the pea vinery of the morgan canning company to the north and west about three antles Is the lewie lewis ton sugar factory A mile noth no th and half a milo mile west ti Is the gilt edge roller mills just A little vest went of the center of the city and light in town is i the great condensed itile plant of the seto milk products Product a company who hanne dally daily an average of pounds of milk the process cess of 01 condensing the bilk ilk ie is simple aid and really helpful to ine milk ai as a lood with mills to grind their wheat factories to maki sugar of their beets condense their milk ard ar d 1 their peas all located right among lie the fertile deep soil farms the people here should be happy and prosperous and tho the merchants and and business Kerous houses auses should be thrifty the richmond coop J C penny co peoples store tore 11 V F olsen and 11 II P F christensen are th the principal prini apal merchants while thre the bla mason son lumber co furnishes the hardware and building material the state bank of eich rich mond looka looks alter after the financial need needs of this district while beets peas and milk rare the principal pursuits dairying and dairy livestock la Is the leading industry here for over thirty years richmond t amond haa has held the distinction distinct of baini the dairy of cache county the leading dairy clinty co anty of the state her iter tenth black and white day held may let 1025 was very tangible evidence teat at ahe she can till still consistently claim that distl ditting nc tion back in 1903 when a location for a condensed milk factory was being bought sought for the inter mountain and western states it was the volume of milk centered at richmond that attracted those interested in eatty lishing rt milk plant it was the amber of arge 3 rge milk ij ii this district thit played an art part in getting tl abo o conheim con deim r established the dally daily volume of milk produced at richmond ano anc vicinity early in 1902 attracted the attention of J D B of Co comma rains hane maine a con dand milk factory promoter after several visits to cache valley and thorough investigation of conditions he finally succeeded in uniting the two creameries here the cache valley creamery company and the urion creamery company by absorbing the stock of the two creameries creA meries and with their help the utah condensed milk with J W lien ilen dricks president Q Z harris secretary and manager and an d C E men kerrill factory superintendent eident tha ao 10 factory was built equipped ppe and made its first days run marca arca 16 15 1904 1004 like all new indest Indu etri ee lor for the first it seemed ha pai every known obstacle and ww t imaginary Isag inary ones were operating to defeat the success of this had new ew industry but the bull doc dos officials had taken a firm firm hold and the harder t they hey were hit the tighter they gripped A lean with the personal persons I 1 F of the directors dir ectore was finally made and the business kept going the policy vf the management was to put out quality milk so that arery case sold would become a salesman for another ca case seand and the policy won at the end of the second car half the debt was paid off and the enl of the thid thi d year the u was wax out of debt with a xi substantial balance in the bank so in spite of all promotion schemes in spite of all gener ois predictions by leach i f financiers of the county t that hat this woid woold be one rf ei the biggest failures bahe county ever had the utah milk company became one ic the great agricultural 01 of the intermountain states and ha hat paid its stockholders good dividen dividends divi denis taid I 1 every everyl year rn car except the first two and the increase tre ase in iq the value of its has been phe nominal notwithstanding the be fac that the stock has bait been a very profitable investment the tho constant great hazard 1 connected with the operation of the huskiness iu hu siness resulted in the original stock holders selling their interests a few years ago and the firm name changed i to the sego milk froda Fro dc company the new company mm pany haa has made improvements 1 a at the plant ard rd increased ner eased tho volume at of business bui iness their average out output put per day is 1500 case they employ from 7 people ale arld na have done their tow toward alyma making k inq cache valley a sad id a half iry county cIu nty todar some of the frrrest and f finest dairy herd in the t cui rabun I 1 tain states are re owned by at of richmond it wae was largely through the energy pluck and enthusiasm of richmond dairymen dairymen airy men the nelson brothers the blacks and white whites were introduced on thu the exhibition grounds cf car vur state fair it was w then that they were jokingly fold by 1 the beef men wh for year years had ally monopolized monopoli ed the livestock exhibits st tt the state air fair to uke take their magpies back home it ie Is different today da the magpies Mag pica now occupy art first P place I 1 2 on the grounds ara in the eho sho v ring at county and state fairs with one or two exceptions except lont the dairymen of richmond have centered on afe friesian breed they ure making a study of this breed and ae as a result there ere are two well bred sires owned here and orime of the daughters and granddaughter of the best fires alres of the bred aa an well weh as some daughter itna tera ter a of f famous a dame dam it of the breed it will be a matter of but a few yar until these thesa breeders bre edera can furnish siree sires and heifers with as god breeding and pedigrees aa as can be had anywhere in the united states nelson bros were the real pioneers fifteen years ago when the they brought to the state stata some of the it best 6 t cows cow a ever imported Importe 1 the progeny of these cows and thai that of the now famous ilag Rag apple Korn SCorn dyka dyke the are among the best cows of the county T two wo years BRO N K nels nelson 0 n interested a low neigh bres who formed a company any and sent mr nelson et where ee he purchased ed marathon burke from the world famor herd of john erickson Eric keon and sons thia elm ia Is one of tha the beet best type and production 4 bred bulls in america today erick eor or himself with twenty eight beare exNA ence in constructive breeding ayi asyl 1 I dont know how we could breed them better tu thi other famous eiro sire ond orned here ie Is matador segis walker bilth this ire was purchased as a calf from carbonation Caron Caro atlon nation stock farms by C L punk funk of richmond and D D buttars of lewiston this sire carries probably as equally fair fairola ous blood linee linea as marathon and has an excellent pedigree the progeny of these sires will surely bring results and the men nien aai ai struggling hardworking hard working in farmers amers with a hundred ways for cabit o 0 dollar they get to bo be spent who risk their money in the purchase of such anima ani ss do a lot more for their country and the community in which thy live than they are given given credit for they are the real benefactors but too often unseen benefactors it Is suj men as these that make the state fair the livestock shows the county fairs and black and white day yea yes they keep the industrial camp fires i burning they dont carry cary all the wood I 1 perhaps but they keep le the fires burning richmond has such men and why she still hold holds the distinction of being the great dairy daw colter of the state these men have achieved that distinction they have held it for thirty years end and they expect to hold it for another thirty years I 1 visit fie vie farms of the caine livestock co CIO who by the way have some of the bt L st jerseys in the state N K nelson 2 41 sons P L nelson arox C 4 fuer ful sc A 0 fishar CZ C 7 clarris hai rie sons skidmore bros webb bros F H IL whittle leander peart cyruse bullen F leroy robinson C D merrill men ill bay ray pond Pondy Loria hendricks and thomae thomas f al a and you yott will I 1 tee why 14 going to keep u up p their record W cl another thirty years i |