| Show THROUGH THE NORTH our admires of cache laupy A day trip over tho utah ern from ogden to logan is pleasant and full of interest lately I asked a gentleman whit he thought f cach valley and his ripy was that it was crystal izod beauty and such it looks to bo from the elevation as our train descends into it and the twenty two towns and numerous nume roua farm house stuck hero and there eeck to be as IN EMERALD this valley ahat is over forty miles in length and six to fifteen in width in every direction the busy mower reaper or numerous teams loaded grain and hay are geen in their progress to ARRIVING AT the stranger is surprised at the beauty of the streets and neatness of the grounds and dwellings the latter of which are of superior plans and construction st the view irom the top of the immense temple winch is being erected upon an elevated plat eaas of the town is one not soon to be forgotten stepping upon the elevator three of us aro coisted seventy five feet through the air to the upper scaffolding upon which numerous men are engaged in adling to the massive walls the panorama from that height is beyond description and visitors to logan should avail themselves if possible 10 visit at least the grounds if not the dizzy height of THE tempel chichis chis a solid structure ninety five feet wide by one hundred and one in length and the walls will be eighty six feet high they will be run up in stone as follows east tower feet west one feet and the four octagon towers of the corners will be the cost two feet the two west ones 94 feet these facia were kindly given me by the gentleman in charge of the work and the outlay so far has reached about TWO FIFTY THOUSAND and tho structure in cost is about one half finished over sixty men are now upon the pay roll AH over logan new buildings are going up and there seems to be a maikel interest in the way of improvements when I inquired why this exhibition of progress and prosperity I was asked to look at the broad of valley and then at tho MANY MILLS AND factories engaged in making flour machinery furniture and all classes of wood and iron wark to meet the demands of th elarge population of the valley and the country to the north going to these factories I learned that in the aggregate fully five hundred men found remunerative employment through the machinery turned by the waters of logan river which not only does this work but supplies the city with fine pure water irrigates the crops and then has a large surplus left certainly lagarr is happily favored by location climate and many natural advantages mr G W thatcher of the utah fe northern has quite a force about the offices and shops of which the headquarters for the road are at logan alter spending the hours from noon lo 10 near midnight in a pleasant visit I found sweet rest in THE FINK PULLMAN ELBE FEIl advance now making its first trip over the road and lake this was change to a four mile ride to aford the location and general eatores of oxford are favorable tavo rable for lea ant residences and good business prospects most of the citizens are engaged in arming and raising hence mast of the men are away at this season business of the land office is not very amk and yet the ofhie has great quantities of valuable land to dispose of SOME CLAIMS aro seen to be worked a tunnel near town that was put in ISO feet seven years ago is to be ed and pushed feet more in hopes of striking rich ore samples of ore from that tunnel and prospects shown me indicate good two stores supply the people with ull classes of goods aud the fields aud gardens are filled with such products as grow iu salt lake valley and also hardy fruits grow here and produce well OXFORD idaho aug |
