| Show IS H E geier OF M G h BID IN at the foot of one of the he most beautiful wasatch mountain ranges nestles the city of richmond in the northeastern part of cache county just six si miles south of rr franklin anklin idaho arid and fourteen mils coith of logon logan it his a population of 1600 arid and dates its history from the fall of 59 ats leading citizens hie hane alva always s byln bc n of a broad progressive public spirit spirited cd matuie in early dis dies the were prominent crit as freighters int into montana and idaho id iho it vas mas richmond men M W merrill and W D hendricks that contracted the grad ing and construction of the utah and northern railroad from 17 franklin idaho to butte montana chis I 1 his same spirit seems to hane hae been transmitted to the descendants of such stalwart pioneers richmond was the first city in the county outside of logan to install a city nater mater it aas mas the first city in the valley to establish a Carn carnagie agic library for years and up I 1 until tho the consolidation of public schools it stood at it the head of our county local school districts dietric is today ne e have hae established here the stake headquarters and stake buil din of ithe the benson stake the north cac cache he high school one of the best in t the lie state li is located here tins this school is moll managed and is making a sale safe growth it is located on I 1 the cement state highway and stands out prominently as a monument to the pro gressie e spirit of the he people anbo built it in the south part of the city we 1 ha have c tile the pea v vinery nery I 1 of the morgan canning company to the north and west about three miles is the lewia ton sugar factory A mile north and half a 1 mile west is the gilt edge roller mills just a little vest est of the center of the city and right in town is the great condensed milk plant of the sego milk products company nho handle daily an average of pounds of milk the process of condensing the milk is simple and really helpful to the milk as a food with mills to grind their wheat factories to make sugar of their beets condense their milk and can their peas pea all located right among the fertile deep soil farms the people here should be happy and prosperous and the merchants and business h houses auses should be thrifty the richmond coop 3 C penny co peoples store II 11 r olsen and 11 P christensen are the principal merchants while the mason lumber co furnishes the hardware and material the state bank of rich biond looks after the financial needs of this district while beets peas and milk are the principal pursuits dairying and dairy livestock is the leading industry here for over thirty learh richmond has held the distinction of being the dairy center of cache county counts the leading dairy county of the state ifer her tenth black and white day held may 1925 was nas very tangible evidence that she can still consistently claim that antine distinction back in 1003 1903 when a location for a condensed milk factory nas as being sought for the inter mountain and Nv western estern states it was vas the volume of milk centered at richmond that attracted atti acted those interested in establishing a milk plant it was the number of laige milk producers in this district that blaed an important part in getting the cond condenser ensor established establish e d the daily volume of milk produced at richmond and vicinity ity early c irly in 1902 attracted the attention of J B of corinna Co ruina maine blame a condensed milk factory promoter after several visits to cache valley alley and thorough investigation of conditions he finally succeeded in uniting the two creameries crea meries here the cache val ley Cre creamery amry company and the union creamery company com piny by absorbing the stock of the two cr arid and with their help he be organized sed the utah condensed milk company with J W hendricks president C Z 11 hains allas secretary and manager and C E merrill factory superintendent the factory vias nas built equipped and made its first days run march 15 1901 like all new industries for the first year it seemed that every known ob obstacle staLle and some imaginary ones were operating to defeat the success of this new md but the bull dog officials had taken a birin hold and the harder they were hit the tighter they gripped A loan with the personal signatures of the directors was nas finally made and the business kept going the policy of the management was to put out quality milk so that every case sold would become a salesman for another case and the policy won non at the end of the second year halt the debt was nas paid off and the end of the third bear ear the business was nas out of debt with it a substantial balance in the bank so in spite of all promotion salu schemes bics in spite of all generous predictions by leiding financiers 01 of the county that this would be one of the biggest failures cache county ever eer hid had tile the utah condensed mill milk company become became one of the great agricultural industries of the intermountain mount oin states and ha paid its stockholders good dividends cery scar car except the first two and the increase in the value of its stock has ha been notwithstanding the fact that the stock has been a very ery profitable investment the constant great haglid haz nil connected with the operation of the bus business iness resulted in the original stoc stock k holders holder selling their interests a few sears ago and the firm name changed to the sego mill milk products company the new company has trade made extensive at the plant and p beatly increased the volume of business their average output out put per day is near 1 aioo cases they employ front from 75 to people and have done their pirt part toward making cache valley a million and a half dairy county today some of the largest and finest dairy herds in the entire mountain states are owned by dairymen of richmond it was largely through the energy pluck and enthusiasm of richmond dun d un men the nelson brothers that the blacks and whites were introduced on the exhibition grounds of our state fair it was then that they were jere jokingly told by the beef men a aho vho ho for years had bad practically monopolized the livestock exhibits at the state fair to take their magpies back home it is different today the magpies now occupy first place on the grounds and in the show ring at county and state fairs with one or two exceptions the dairymen of richmond have centered on the holstein anesian breed they are arc making a study of this breed and as a result there are two exceptionally well bred sires owned here and some of the daughters and granddaughters of the best sires of the breed as well as some daughters and granddaughters of famous darns dams of the breed it will be a matter of but a few years until these richmond breeders bleeders bre eders can furnish famish sires and heifers heffers with as good breeding and pedigrees pedigreed grees as can be had anywhere in the united states nelson bros were the real pioneers fifteen lears ears ago when they brought to the state some of the best cows cos ever imported the progeny of these cows cow and that of the now famous Rag apple the are among the best cows of the county tuo years yean ago N K nelson interested crested int a few neighbors who formed a company and sent mr nelson east where he purchased cd marathon bess burke from the world famous herd of john erickson and sons this sire is one of the best type and production bred bulls in america today erickson himself with nith twenty eight years experience in constructive breeding 1 dont know how we could breed them thein better the famous sire owned coined here is matador segis walker alth ilias sire was as purchased as a calf from Caio nation stock farms by C L funk of richmond anil and D D buttars of lewiston this sire carries probably as equally famous blood lines as marathon and has an excellent pedigree the progeny of these sires will surely bring results and the men all struggling hard working N farmers with a hundred was for each dollar they gt to be spent who risk their money moncy in tile purchase of such ani animals nials do a lot more for their country and the community in which they livo live than they are given credit for they are the real benefactors but too often unseen benefactors it is s such men a ai these that make the state fair the livestock shows the county fairs and black and white day yes yeb they keep the industrial camp fires baini buining rig th they ey dont carry all the wood berb perhaps aps but they keep the fires buni bum ing richmond has such men and why by she still holds the distinction of being the great dairy center of the state these men have hac achieved that distinction they have held it for thirty dcarr ears and they expect to hold it for another thirty scars ears visit the farms of the came caine livestock co who by the nay have some of tho the best jerseys in the state N K nelson sons P a nelson brehon bros C T L funk A C fisher C Z harris L sons skidmore Skid inore dros bros webb bros F p 11 II whittle leander peart cyrus C rus bullen 1 F 11 II Tr oveller leroy robinson C U D merrill ray pond lorin lonn hendricks and thomas ballantyne et al and you will see why they are going to keep up their record for another thirty ears |
