Logan, Utah - Cache County, the Eden of Utah : an Inland Empire, Abounding in Natura

Cache County, the Eden of Utah : an Inland Empire, Abounding in Natura

COMPARATIVELY few years elapsed after the coming of the pioneers into the great Salt Lake valley in 1847, under the leadership and guidance of that master mind, Brigham Young until practical plans for exploring and settling this great land of promise and opportunity were formulated and put into practice. The story of sufferings endured by them and their immediate followers is well known in Utah and is told with varying degrees of faithfulness to fact in nearly all of the schools of the country.

Early in May 1859 a little band of settlers, not over a dozen in number, located on the banks of the Logan River, so named by the Indians, from whence the city of Logan gets its name. If there is one characteristic that receives praise without asking, that attracts the admiration of all men with red blood in their veins it is the dogged determination which triumphs over difficulties that seem insurmountable, which throws aside all baffling obstacles and marches on to victorious conquest, it was this dogged determination of the pioneers that was laid into the very foundation of the city of Logan. The original little settlement of a handful of eager and determined people has grown into a hustling and thriving city of more than ten thousand inhabitants with an entire population of about forty thousand scattered throughout Cache Valley. It is one of the states's most important commercial centers and the principal distributing point for Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. The pioneers command the admiration of all who see this wonderful valley, for the work they performed; they came into a desert and made it productive, they laid out a city, they established homes. On the foundation thus laid there has grown a city with attraction in and around it to facinate the minds and captivate the hearts of all who visit it.

Set up more than 4600 feet above the sea, in a valley surrounded by mountains whose rivers flow not into the ocean, but into the Great Salt Lake, the city holds alluring charm of climate. It is not perpetual summer In the four seasons which are bestowed upon Cache Valley there are no extremes of temperature. It is needless to reprint the official statistics of the weather bureau as to climatic conditions. Suffice it to say that although summer days are warm, and sometimes hot, when the sun has set the most delightful breezes come down from the mountains and invite refreshing slumber. When winter's icy hand is upon the valley, the dry air is invigorating. Snow falls in the city sometimes to a depth of six or eight inches, while in the mountains-it is piled up by the foot where it is frozen into icebergs which melt slowly during the summer and send their refreshing waters into the valley in never failing supply. Logan's water system is a simple one. The water is taken into the city pipes far up the canyon in the Wasatch mountains, cold and crystal pure from a covered spring, and is distributed in the same condition to the inhabitants through the force of gravitation. No pumps or other machinery are required in its distribution.

Logan is the county seat of Cache County. It is ideally situated at the foot of those beautiful Wasatch mountains on the east side of the valley. The city proper comprises about four square miles. The streets are wide, graded, nicely shad ed and well kept. All of the business streets and those adjoining are paved with concrete. Several of the principal resident streets are parked, as along the lines so popular in the restricted resident sections of the larger cities. Within the past few years more than fifty miles of paved side-walks have been laid, and many other improvements made, including two miles of street pavement; installation of a motor fire engine; construction of a public comfort station; $75,000 improvement of water system, giving a supply of water 99.87 per cent pure. It has the commission: form of government, a mayor and two commissioners. The assessed valuation of the city for 1915 is $2,600,000.00. The bonded indebtedness is $142,000.00, which is its total indebtedness. Logan owns an electric light plant valued at $85,000.00 which furnishes light during the twenty-four hours of the day for fifteen cents per month. The plant maintains itself and pays the interest on the bonds which were issued for its construction.

a local electric car line through the principal business and resident section of the city. Every two hours, on the Ogden, Logan and Idaho Railway, and far into the night, one may board one of those large steel electric interurban car; that are so commonly used throughout the country, for any of the principal points in Cache Valley and Southern Idaho or the other important cities of the state. Each day everal trains on the line of the Oregon Short Line arrive and depart from the

Logan manufacturing enterprises represent an investment running well into the millions. Located a short distance south of the city is one of the Amalgamated Sugar Company's beet sugar factories, which has a daily capacity of 2000 bags of sugar per day. During the season many thousand tons of sugar beets are used. One of the many Borden Condensed Milk Company's factories is located here. The majority of the knit goods; sweaters, caps, etc., sold throughout the west are products of the four local knitting concerns. The city also has three candy factories, four grain elevators, two flour mills, two foundry and machine shops, two lime manufacturing companies, two creameries, two pure food companies, a soda bottling works, a brick yard and many other smaller concerns- These enterprises - not including the sugar factory and the condensed milk company - do an annual business of $3,700,000.

Manufacturing in Logan and Cache Valley is practically in its infancy. There are several kinds of enterprises that would find this section very profitable.

In proportion to population, Logan handles a larger volume of business than any other city in the state, it being surrounded by twenty-four towns for which it is a common distributing point. The shopping district represents practically every line of legitimate business. The stores present an attractive metropolitan appearance. The stranger marvels at and is impressed by the progressive spirit and up-to-date methods Gf the merchants. The city has two tri-weekly newspapers: The Journal and The Logan Republican.

A modern swer system has been constructed and is rapidly being extended in every direction. Its outlet is a half mile out of the city limits, which accounts partially for the healthful conditions and remarkably low death rate.

Several sectarian denomination of the Christian faith are represented in Logan, though the majority of its inhabitants confess the faith of the Latter Day Saints. The moral tone of the city is par excellent, throughout. It is certain that all are united where a bigger and better Logan is concerned.

College City, which would, in a way be more appropriate, could easily be substituted for the name Logan. This city numbers among its educational institutions some of the most important in the state. On College Hill in the eastern part of the city and commanding a view of the entire valley is located the Utah State Agricultural College. It is training annually about fifteen hundred boys and girls and men and women in the fundamentals of life, agriculture, homemaking, engineering, mechanic arts, general science and commerce. Meeting annually over 10,000 of the citizens of Utah in Extension work and discussing with them the problem of Utah Agriculture and homemaking, and demonstrating the value of improved, modern and scientific methods. The state's increased income per year as a result of these thousands of demonstrations mounts into hundreds of thousands of dollars- Carrying on research work into the needs of Utah agriculture with the end in view of solving the farmer's problems. The scientific methods used in and the very existence of, dry farming, orchard insect control, alfalfa weavil control, drainage and many other Utah industries have been based upon the research of the Utah Experiment Station.

The Brigham Young College is no less a vital factor in the education of Utah's young people. It is located in the heart of the city in a spacious campus upon which stands many fine buildings dedicated to the teaching of science and truth.

The institution offers a complete normal course. Since its establishment in 1877, it has been one of the foremost in supplying teachers for the seconddays schools throughout the state and in Southern Idaho. Investigation into the ranks of school superintendents, boards of education, faculties of colleges, the teaching force of the high schools, etc., will show a surprisingly large percentage of B. Y. C. men and women.

The New Jersey Academy, an institution exclusively for girls, is still another college located at Logan. It is not a rival of the public schools or other educational institutions, thougn there are some advantages that can best be enjoyed there; pleasant and comfortable dormitory with homelike surroundings.

The citizens are proud of their schools. And this pride is due to no blind belief that they are infallible, but to the knowledge that the schools have been recognized and adjusted to fit the needs of the pupils. By consistent adjustment of the latest discoveries in the educational world Superintendent Molyneaux has so raised the standard of the Logan school system that today it is looked upon as a criterion for the rest of the state and ranks well up with the best schools throughout the country.

Logan holds out a welcome to all. The latch string is always out, and visitors are always welcome- They may come as strangers into the city, but when they go, if their stay has been short, they carry with them fond recollections of a day or week well spent. If they stay a month, their departure is only for the purpose of arranging for their immediate return, to cast their fortunes here and to help in the upbuilding of a hustling little city and a most wonderful and fertile valley.

This store is the largest in the State of Utah, catering exclusively to ladies and children. The stock is very thorough and most complete in every detail. The appointments and display suggest an atmosphere of modernism rarely ever found outside of the most metropolitan centers. Each department is in the hands of one who has had special training in that particular line. Twice each year they send experienced buyers into the eastern markets to purchase goods for the coming season. Xo matter what the fad or fashion of the day may be, this house can be relied upon to have a generous assortment in stock.

This firm is conveniently housed in a large brick building of more than fifteen thousand feet of floor space, located on one of the most prominent business corners of the city'. The excellent interurban car service throughout the valley places it within easy reach of its thousands of customers.

Mr. Reid E. Shamhart and Mr. John Christensen, two of Cache Valley's most progressive merchants, are the owners. Their policy is to employ none but competent help, to buy only the best of merchandise and to sell at one price.

It is a building of very attractive design throughout. The lobby, dining room - European plan - parlor and guest chambers are tastefully and conveniently furnished.

A Group Of Attractive Logan Buildings

The story of the Murdock Candy Company is indeed an interesting one. It begins with Mr. Robert Murdock, Jr., who, when a youngster, decided to "strike out for himself." He went to Salt Lake City and after a time became acquainted with a Mr. Pounds, who conducted a small candy shop. The candy maker liked the boy rather well and gave him employment at three dollars per week and his board. After staying with Mr. Pounds long enough to acquire a fair idea of the business, he decided to open a place for himself and set about to buy a stove and "slab,'' which he shipped to Logan. His first business venture was opened for public patronage, December 8th, 1898, in a small store room on Center street. A glance at the accompanying illustrations show what degree of success Mr. Murdock has attained since that all important day.

The Murdock Candy Company of today occupies a building of more- than 10,000 square feet of floor space. It is without doubt the equal of any similar concern in the west, from the standpoint of fixtures, equipment, service and the superior excellence of its products. The candy making and wholesale department is very modern and most complete for the producing of high class delicacies, made from only the best materials. In the past ten years the concern has grown to be quite a factor in northern Utah and southern Idaho in the wholesale candy, ice cream and soda fountain syrup buisness. Many of the better class confectionery stores of Salt Lake City feature their famous chocolates.

The retail department is a beautifully decorated and well appointed establishment 35 feet wide and 100 feet deep. That would do credit to any city many times the size of Logan. A massive onyx fountain of attractive design and unusual length occupies the greater part of the left wall, while directly opposite is the candy department. Everything in the line of sweets to please and gratify the more discriminating tastes may be found on the spotless shelves and in the scrupulously clean show cases. The main floor is occupied by dozens of neat chairs and tables, and presided over by a corps of attentive young ladies. One feature of this most model candy shop that is so popular with the younger set, is the balcony which afifords an attractive banquet room and which has both an ordinary and an electric piano. Here on most any evening, a number of them may be found engaged in the intricacies of the newest steps.

When it is a matter of furniture and house furnishings of any description, the young bride or the more experienced housewife consider only Lundstroms. There they are assured of being able to select from a complete and modern line of house furnishings and the many little ornaments that are so essential in beautifying the home.

Styles in furniture and interior decorations are numerous. On the floor and in the warehouse of this concern will be found furniture of almost any period. Carpets, linoleums and wall paper of only the latest designs are to be found in stock. Trunks and bags, stoves and ranges play no small part hi the business of this concern. They sell many of the great Majestic ranges. Enamelware of every description is carried in stock and beautiful art pictures are tastefully displayed on the walls.

The concern was established in 1901. Its business extends all over Cache Valley. A similar establishment is conducted by them at Preston, Idaho.

The management of its many affairs is entrusted with Mr. A. G. Lundstrom . A glance through the show rooms is ample proof that a master hand is in direct charge.

This firm is a co-partnership between Mr. M. Mouritsen and James Larson. It is located across the street from the Oregon Short Line R. R. Depot and has been the leading fuel concern of Logan for the past fourteen years. They sell the Union Pacific, Rock Springs, Aberdeen, Kemmerer and Spring Canyon coals for stove and furnace use, and West Virginia smithing coal for blacksmithing. Their yard is also the depot for Portland Cement and Jumbo plaster. You are cordially invited to call and inspect their yard. All phone orders will receive prompt attention.

They are the pioneer plumbers of Cache Valley, and its 'largest contractors of plumbing, steam and water heating. Located in the Arimo Pdock at 186 N. Main street, they have a large well stocked dis play room and ample shop room. Their business extends all over Cache Valley.

Most of their supplies are bought in car load lots direct from the factory, thereby enabling them to submit bids at a more reasonable figure than their less fortunate competitors. The experience and popularity of the senior member of the firm is sufficient proof of the firm's ability.

A visit to this model jewelry shop would prove a revelation to you. Everything that would indicate modern methods and arrangements usually found in only the palatial shops of the larger cities is carried out, even to the smallest detail. A glance at the accompanying illustration will allay'the slightest suspicion of the truthfulness, of this statemeat.

The store was originally established by Mr. T. B. Cardon, the pioneer jeweler of Cache Valley, in 1872. On the shelves and in the show cases is to be seen a most beautiful display of diamonds, watches, jewels, cut glass and jewelry novelties. The store specializes in Hallmark Jewelry and Hawkes' Cut Glass. A large line of the latest and most improved Eastman Kodaks are also carried.

Aside from enjoying the largest jewelry trade in the valley, including watch and jewelry repairing, practically all of the better class kodak developing and finishing is done by them.

Mr. B. T. Cardon, son of the founder, and one of Logan's younger business men, who is also an expert jeweler, is now at the head of the concern.

One rarely finds in any city, outside the most metropolitan centers, an institution of this nature that will in any way compare with it from the standpoint of fixture arrangements and service.

The Bluebird Candy Shoppe, located on Center Street in the beautiful Hotel Logan building, has only been established since March of this year, but in that short time it has grown to be the favorite gathering place of the most select of the city's younger set.

Upon entering this establishment one is struck with the quiet elegance of its arrangement, and impressed with the fact that none but a master hand at the business could have been responsible for it. An elegant onyx soda fountain, of most artistic design and finish, graces the right hand front as you enter; one look at this most inviting feature is all that is necessary to make you an immediate patron. Directly opposite the fountain and presided over by a corps of young" ladies whose dainty and obliging manners are an immediate incentive to patronage, is the candy department.

18S3. Partnership between Geo. W. Thatcher, Moses Thatcher, H. E. Hatch, W. D. Hendricks, S. T. Josselyn, W A. Hossiter. With a Capital of $58,500.00.

1912. April 17 building burned; Total loss. Opened for business in temporary quarters, 10 a. m., April 18, 1912. No loss in service to patrons. Mr. H. E. Hatch, President.

In the colonizing: of new territory the necessity of banking 'facilities is soon felt. With the men who have building and advancement ideas at heart little time elapses before means of furnishing accomodations to the settler are provided.

Such men as the Thatchers, Hendricks, Hatchs, Maughans, and Bensons were among the early settlers of Cache Valley- They realized the necessity of backing facilities and in 1883 set about to organize a banking association known as Thatcher Brothers and Company, with a acpital of $58,000.00. It was a partnership between George W. Thatcher, Moses Thatcher, H. E. Hatch, W. D. Hendricks, S. T. Josslyn and W. A. Hossiter. Mr. George W.

1915. April 1st moved into new home as shareholder in stock company just completed erection of modern fire-proof hotel and bank building at a cost of $150,000.00. Resources now more than $1000,000.00.

Officers And Directors

Thatcher was installed as manager and Mr- H. E. Hatch as cashier. This form of organization was the only kind that could be made owing to the lack of law of the Territory of Utah respecting the forming of companies for banking purposes.

Of course with such men associated and bent on growth it is little wonder that in 1889 it became advisable to move to larger quarters and increase the capitalization. It was then incorporated under the name of Thatcher Brothers Banking Company, with a capital of $100,000.00. Mr. George W. Thatcher was president; Mr. L. S. Hills, vice-president and Mr. H. E. Hatch, cashier. A steadfastness of purpose and honest dealing with the people soon made it imperative

In 1890 the bank increased its capitalization to $150,000.00 and built a large brick structure on the corner of Main and Center streets at a cost of $70,000.00. A part of the building was used for banking and a part for an opera house and still another part for mercantile purposes.

The bank's usefulness and popularity continued to grow, new and larger demands were constantly being made until it seemed that some changes on the interior were necessary to provide room for the ever growing business. About the time these plans were ready, a fire started in the basement of one of the mercantile stores and consumed the entire structure- Notwithstanding this misfortune, which occurred about five o'clock in the afternoon of April 17th, 1912, the bank opened for regular business on the following morning. Temporary quarters having been provided during the night. The institution continued in that location for almost three years when it moved into its present splendid quarters.

The new location is the north-east corner of the new Hotel Logan building, erected on the site of the burned structure. It is a building 75x100 feet, built of reinforced concrete at a cost of about $150,000.00. The bank is a stockholder in the Hotel Company and occupies the corner space of 40x55 feet. It is divided into departments as may be found in the banks of cities many times the size of Logan.

Separate departments are maintained for commercial banking, for the use of all patrons desiring to open checking accounts. The work of the tellers is divided so that each one pays and receives to a given list of depositors. Each customer, no matter whether the account be large or small, is entitled to, and receives, the same courteous treatment. Collections and exchange are handled with despatch. No item is too small, or place too remote, for them to render service.

in the sale and marketability of travelers checks can be testified to by the splendid results obtained by patrons Who avail themselves of the bank's service. 'travelers checks, cashable throughout the world can be had at a very nominal cost.

A savings department has been installed in which deposits are received in amounts of $1.00 or more and on which 4 per cent, interest is paid, compounded quarterly. The object of this department is to encourage thrift and teach its customers that no matter how much is earned, a portion should be saved. A savings account is the one thing that can be depended upon when all others fail. There is now a deposit in this department of $315,000.00.

One part of the main lobby has been set apart and furnished for the comfort of lady patrons. Encouragement is extended to ladies to open accounts for household purposes.

In the basement a large safety deposit vault has been thoroughly equipped with safety boxes and storage room, so that patrons having valuables either in the shape of papers, deeds, stocks, bonds, silver and goldware, jewelry, furs, in fact anything that one might wish to keep can be safely stored in this vault. Separate booths are near at hand for the convenience of customers who wish to examine or look through their securities in safety and secrecy.

Large committee rooms are at the disposal of its patrons. Telephone exchanges are in all departments so that communication may be had with ease.

This institution is destined to grow and serve all who wish to take advantage of its offerings. Nothing has been spared for the safety and service of those seeking accomodations. The stockholders are numbered by the hundreds. The directorate is as follows: H. E. Hatch, president; M. S. Eccles, vice-president; George Thomas, vice-president J. H. Bankhead, cashier; D. C. Budge, I. K. Hillman, Joseph Quinney, Jr., J. W. D. Hurren, George B. Hendricks, and Robert Anderson, directors.

For more than thirty years it has been foremost among the better class shops in supplying the male population with the many fads and fashions that have held sway during that time. The modest dresser prefers it on account of the complete line of standard and well known goods cariied, while the more fashionable, and especially the young man, selects it for style, fit and service.

Since the death of Mr. Joseph Morrell, its founder, the concern has been in the capable hands of Mr. William Morrell, his son. It is very neatly and tastefully arranged. The stock is composed chiefly of such high class goods as Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Michael Stearns clothes. Regal shoes, Fowr.es' gloves, Arrow Brand collars and other haberdashery as made only by firms of national reputation.

This place was formerly known as the Hotel Eagle, and has for a number of years been the most popular hostelry in Cache Valley. It is convenient^ ly located on Main street in the heart of the business district. Both the local cars and the interurban lines pass its front doors. It operates a free buss that meets all trains, both steam and electric.

Upon entering the office of this hotel one is impressed by the homelike atmosphere that seems to prevail. The lobby is neatly and comfortablv arranged. The mezzanine floor has been converted into a convenient writing room.

The guest chambers, of which there are fortyseven, are scrupulously clean and equipped with all the modern appliances that are so necessary to the comfort of a discriminating public. The house is heated entirely by steam. In each room there is a telephone. Xo additional charge is made for local calls, though long distance calls are charged at the prevailing rates.

Mr. A. L. Fullmer, the proprietor, is also the proprietor of the Riverside Hotel at Saint Anthony, Idaho. He is a practical hotel man in every sense of the word and has the happy faculty of making his many guests feel perfectly at home.

The many beautiful homes, and especially the bungalows that have been erected by the Johnson Brothers during the ten years that they have been in the contracting business, in and around Logan, have gained for them a reputation as'home builders that is the envy of their less fortunate competitors.

While they specialize in model bungalows and at figures rarely ever met by other contractors, they are also prepared to do general construction in cement work of all kinds, the cement business being by no means a small factor with them.

If you intend building anywhere in this beautiful valley it would be well worth your while to consult Johnson Brothers for estimates, because more reasonable builders of modern homes do not exist.

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In the stock of a strictly modern and thoroughly up-to-date clothing establishment, catering to a discriminating patronage, there must be carried an assortment of styles and fads to suit every fancy, young and old alike.

This store handles only the best of high class and standard haberdashery. The suits, overcoats, shoes, shirts, collars and ties are those made by firms with a national reputation for first class goods.

If identified, the labels sewn in the clothes of the best dressed men of Cache Valley wotild reveal the fact that the garment was bought at "Thatchers" - Logan's ultra modern clothes shop.

As an investment nothing is more signficant of real value than the fact that trust and insurance companies as a rule have their entire surpluses invested in real estate or real estate mortgages. There are thousands of people throughout the United States today who are casting about in a search for a place to make a permanent home or good investment. If they could be reached and informed of the splendid opportunities Cache Valley offers it would be but a short time until this valley would be one of the most densely populated sections of the west.

There is perhaps no real estate concern in Cache \ alley that has any more desirable property listed than this enterprising gentleman, whose well equipped office is located at 24 South Main street, just across from the new Hotel Logan. Thoroughly conversant with every phase of the real estate business. he is prepared to handle any business that

Mr. Hatch has one of the largest insurance and automobile agencies in the valley. He is the local agent for some of the best insurance and bonding companies in the United States, among them are the Penn. Home National Surety Company, the Home Insurance Company of New York and the Penn. Mutual Life Insurance Company.

This gentleman has been in the real estate, insurance and bonding business in Cache Valley for seven years. Should you be interested in anything you may find in this book regarding the opportunities this valley offers, a letter to Mr. Hatch will bring you any information desired and of a nature that can be depended upon as reliable.

Howell Brother's, haberdashery,' located on Main Street, and conducted by Luther M. Howell, is truly the "man's store." The stock display and arrangements indicate live, energetic management.

A varied assortment of popular and standard brands are carried. The more conservative dresser rarely leaves the store without finding the article desired, while those who dress more in the mode of the day, and especially the young man, would find it difficult to distinguish between this model clothes shop and a similar establishment in any larger city.

This company owns some very large tracts of both developed and undeveloped land in Blue Creek, Hansel and Curlew vallies in Box Elder county, which adjoins Cache county.

If you are thinking of locating in this section of the State it would be well worth your while to consult this concern before buying, as their holdings are among those most preferred.

They also do an extensive loan and investment business. Buying and selling stocks and bonds are an important feature with them. The company is conveniently located at 20 First North Street, with Mr. Joseph Howell as president and Mr. W. M. Howell as vice president and manager, two of Cache Valley's representative and progressive citizens.

The purpose of this concern is to assist the wage-earner and the man of small means to acquire a home, to let him pay for it as though paying rent. The thing nearest and dearest to the heart of every man is to have a place that he may call home, and to own it.

During the two years this firm has been engaged in business, it has built over a hundred homes on the easy payment plan. All of them are the finest in Logan and adjoining cities.

Mr. William Howell is its president and Mr. Elijah Thompson its secretary. Mr. Thompson has had about fifteen years of experience in this line of work, and has built some of the best homes in Salt Lake City and Ogden.

The pay roll of this company is by no means a small item among the pay roll builders of Logan. During the past summer more than a hundred men were employed, engaged in the construction of new homes.

The concern's business is quite extensive throughout Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. Recent settlers in Cache Valley will find it of particular value to consult them regarding the building of a home.

Logan is also the home of the Logan Knitting Factory, manufacturers of the celebrated Cee Hive Brand of sweaters, underwear, jackets and hosiery. Those who have used these goods need not be told of their superior qualities.

This company, of which Mr. C. P. Carclon is at the head, selects only the finest yarns and other materials on the market. The Bee Hive Brand is well known throughout the entire Northwest, Alaska included, and as far east as the Mississippi river. A large number of traveling men are necessary to cover the territory thoroughly. On account of the prompt attention paid to catalogue and mail order business, that particular branch is by no means a small part of their business.

The thousands of testimonials in their files tell of the complete satisfaction of this famous brand and are convincing evidence that a good garment at a fair price is not only a satisfactory purchase, but is the only kind that will build up and hold such an enviable patronage as this firm enjoys.

Unless made right knit wear is not only unsightly but uncomfortable, and when worn a few days does not fit the body snugly as knit wear should. To serve best knit wear must snugly fit every part like a glove and give with the movement of the body. These results are only accomplished by actually "building" the garment, through the "knit to measure process" on what is known as the Lamb Knitting Machine, used in these mills. The result is a snug, elastic cuff, comfy body, and enduring shape, expanding and contracting with each movement of the body. The thousands of customers who have worn their goods demand the Bee Hive quality and style.

The Logan Knitting Factor}'- is in no way connected or affiliated with anv other knitting mill. When selecting knit goods, as a matter of protection against imposters, be sure that it bears the Bee Hive Trade Mark, as Bee Hive Brand is your guarantee that you are buying the best that can be made.

They manufacture Holland Tile, Pressed and wire cut brick. The yearly output is about 2,500,000, which are used all over Cache Valley and throughout Southern Idaho-

The accompanying illustrations show the plant located on North Sixth West street and a few of the many beautiful homes and substantial business blocks built from brick of this well known pioneer establishment.

Mr. W. F. Jensen has been engaged in the candy business for some time. Before purchasing the Ozark Candy Company of this city he 'vas a partner in the Paul & Jensen Candy Company of Preston, Idaho. Since locating in Bogan he has succeeded in building up an excellent retail business as well as a large wholesale business. "Jensen's Superior Candies" and ice creams are sold all over Cache Valle}'.

His experience in the candy business has been wide and varied. It began in Salt Lake about seventeen years ago. For a while he was with the well known Morris Candy Company of Chicago, and afterwards foreman for the Bishop Candy Company of San Francisco. From there he went with F. S. Kuchler & Son, of Brooklyn, as foreman over their largest candy department, later opening a retail business in New York City, which he conducted for a year.

Mr. Jensen's association .with, some of the large est candy concerns in the country has fitted him with the knowledge for producing high grade candies that has made his wholesale business jump by leaps and bounds. The live merchants of Cache Valley prefer to handle Jensen's Superior Candies, because they know they are always fresh and pure, and because they are made of the best material obtainable.

They sell the earth, abstract it's title and loan money on it. This company conducts a general real estate, insurance, abstract and farm loan business throughout Cache Valley.

Almost directly opposite the new Hotel Logan is located the Kimball Auto Company, one of the best equipped garages in Cache Valley. It is a large, roomy structure, capable of housing dozens of cars, and operates a well equipped repair shop in connection.

It is under the management of Mr. Roy Kimball, a young man who makes it a point to see that the best of care is given every car housed there. Only experienced and skilled mechanics are employed. Everything in the line of accessories for the convenience and comfort of the motorists is carried in stock. Special attention is paid to the tourist trade.

Mr. Crockett is another of the many Cache County young men who have won success and independence for themselves by selecting the city of their birth as a field of endeavor.

This gentleman was born in Logan, and after passing through the grade and high schools of the city he graduated in a general commercial course from the Utah Agricultural College in 1892. For the following nine years Mr. Crockett was dairy instructor at the same college.

He has been engaged in the abstract business since 1906, and is thoroughly versed in all of its branches. The public recognize him in that line as an authority of the higher order.

He is painstaking, thorough, and fair in all his dealings. His office is directly opposite the Hotel Logan, where you will find the most up-to-date and complete abstract office in Cache County.

This store located on Main street is the most important of five similar establishments that are scattered throughout the principal cities of Northern Utah, owned and operated by The Riter Brothers Drug Company.

It is a nicely arranged and well stocked establishment that would do credit to cities many times the size of Logan. This is one of the largest establishments of its nature in the state, excepting the Salt Lake and Ogden houses. It is the largest concern engaged in their line in either Utah or Idaho.

It is a branch of the Western Arms Company of Salt Lake City, and is the third largest exclusive sporting goods house in Utah. Everything for the sportsman and athlete is carried.

The store is located at X. Main street, under the management of Mr. Harry T. Stonev, who has been in the athletic business for a number of years. Playing professional baseball for fifteen years and acting as coach for the School of Mines of Colorado has given him valuable experience in the sporting goods line. He knows your wants and has the goods. Associated with him is Mr. Frank Jones, a pleasing and up-to-date clerk.

Xo matter what size the town or where it is located, there is one business in particular that is largely essential to that town's growth and that is a progressive lumber company.

The E. L. Johnson & Sons Lumber Company of Log'an is one of Cache Valley's well established and widely known concerns. It is conveniently located on South Main Street, just a few blocks from the heart of the business district.

Here you will find a thoroughly modern and up-to-date establishment of its nature, and or.e that takes personal pride in doing only high class Laundering, Dry Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing, for which they are thoroughly equipped in each department.

A unique and most worthy plan of interesting itsself in the small army of people required to successfully conduct its affairs is continually practiced. Each worker is taught to feel that they are a part of the institution and are just as much interested in the affairs of

They carry a large stock of plain and dressed lumber, builders' hardware, sash and doors and operate a well equipped planing mill in connection.

The place is under the management of Mr. E. L. Johnson. By placing- your order there you are assured of getting what you want in the building line and also of getting- it when you want it, and at the lowest possible prices. Bids cheerfully submitted to the individual builder as well as the contractor.

This gentleman has been engaged in the saw mill business in Cache Valley for a great many years. He has recently moved to a better equipped location on South Main street, that is much more convenient for his trade than his former location.

Every thriving farming community such as Cache Valley should ha\e an establishment operating along the lines of this most worthy concern. It is organized especially for the benefit of the farmer. They are its stockholders and principal patrons. The directors and officers are all farmers with good business training. Its business dealings and relations with them are truly significant of the name that it bears.

The prime motive of an institution of this nature is to act as a clearing house for the farmer to assist him in both buying and selling. Here he may bring his produce for shipping and also have the services of experienced buyers in securing his supplies.

On the floor of its salesroom is to be found a large line of farm implements, wagons, buggies, harness and the many other things so necessary to the agricultural industry. The assurance of an approximate volume of business enables the concern to sell at a figure rarely ever reached by the other mercantile houses.

The net profits of the Society are declared into yearly dividends and distributed among its stockholders, who therefore receive double benefits, interest on their money invested in its stock and a saving on the supplies bought.

The Society is comfortably housed in a large structure on South Main street, just a short distance from the center of the business district. In the rear is a wagon yard with ample room for stabling dozens of teams.

The management is entrusted with Mr. Joseph G. Salisbury, a very energetic and capable young man who seems to take a great interest in his work. He is very popular with the many customers of this most commendable enterprise.

conducts as a model dairy farm, which adjoins the town of Franklin, Idaho. His* father settled there in 1860, for whom Mount Smart, near there, was named.

At the age of eighteen, Mr. Smart left the home place and was gone for about fifteen years, during which time he began in the cattle and sheep business. About five years ago he bought the old home place and converted it into a model dairy and breeding farm. He has it fenced into ten acre tracts which are used principally for pasturage. Only thoroughbred stock are considered, such as pure Holstein cows, Duroc and Tanuvorth hogs.

One interesting feature of the place is the barn, which is a most model one. The cows are all milked with the celebrated Himnan patented milker. Their food is stored on the second floor, where it is chopped by machinery and fed down to them. The accompanying illustration show many interesting scenes in and around the L. S. Smart Dairy Farm.

Mr. Smart makes his home in Logan. With the exception of an interest in the First National Bank of Logan, his entire holdings are in the cattle and sheep industry. He is a young man, very likable and quite progressive.

During the fifteen years that this gentleman has Teen in the cattle and sheep business in Utah and Idaho, he has gradually grown to be one of those two states' largest shippers as well as a breeder of thoroughbred dairy cows and hogs. Chicago, Omaha and Los Angeles packing houses all know his brand.

Sporting Goods

LOGAN anrl Cache Valley offer an attractive field for this sort of business. On account of the many schools and colleges, there is a constant demand for the many things that go towards equipping the field and track athlete.

Here you will find a complete line of the leading athletic goods and everything so essential to the sportsman, such as guns, ammunition, fishing tackle, etc.

The store is located at 54 West, First North street, with a large and well equipped repair shop in the rear. It is the leading bicycle and motorcycle house of the valley.

Mr. DeSanders has the exclusive agency for Cache Valley for Spaulding athletic goods, Pierce bicycles and the famous Excelsior motorcycle. The popularity of the machines sold by him is demonstrated daily by the amount of them seen on our streets and highways, which outnumber all other makes put together.

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Thirty thousand dollars' worth of eggs and chickens in eight months is a volume of business not to be scoffed at by any commission firm. Yet that is the value of those particular farm products shipped by this concern since last February, which is sufficient proof that Cache Valley products are very much in demand.

This house ships eggs and poultry daily to the best cafes and hotels throughout the larger cities of Utah and the Rocky Mountain region. The "A-l Breakfast" eggs shipped by them are all that could be desired by their many discriminating patrons.

Mr. G. B. Bowen, the manager, is one of the valley's live wire business men. His advice to the farmer of this section is to raise more chickens - pay more attention to the egg and poultry business - for

Mr. Tom Obray of Paradise, is probably one of the largest wool growers we have in this section. He has attained that distinction by persistent plugging.

Not more than a score of years ago, he was doing a good day's work at "logging*' up in Logan Canyon for thirty dollars per month. That particular kind of work not being to his liking, he hired out as a sheep herder for twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents per month, which he followed for nine years.

During that time - aside from supporting a family - he managed to save $900, with which he bought two hundred head of sheep. This really marked his entrance into the wool growing business, 1 hough he retained his position as herder for some time afterwards and continued to invest his savings in sheep.

At one time Mr. Obray owned a few more than six thousand sheep, but about five years ago, due to the new Federal Reserve Laws not allowing him sufficient grazing lands he was forced to dispose of half of them. The remainder of the older ones are kept for wool growing, while the youngsters are marketed for mutton.

The accompanying illustrations show a few interesting scenes around his home and ranch. His entire holdings and interests, with the exception of an investment in the stock of the First National P>ank of Logan, are centered in the wool growing industry.

This little cafe, located on First North street, is rather unique in arrangement. It was originally opened as a "lunch car," but since Air. A. C. Stratton, the present owner bought it about six years ago, it has taken on a different aspect. Though still utilizing the car, he has made 'several additions, one of them being a cozy dining room for ladies and gentlemen.

The interior decorations and designs of practically all of the better class homes of Cache county have been done according to the ideas of Mr. Schirmeister, a master hand,, who spent several years learning the trade in his native land, Germany.

In his shop, on South Main Street, will be found a nice stock of paints and oils and a generous assortment of the latest designs in wall paper and other interior decorations.

Richmond is one of the prosperous cities of Cache, situated at the foot of the mountains on the east side of the valley, about four miles south of the Idaho line.

The fall of '59 and the spring of '60 is a part of our history that has become very dear to the hearts of our citizens. It was then our pioneer fathers settled here with a determination to conquer and build. The majority of the population today are descendants of those '59 and '60 pioneers. The same surnames that made history then are making our history now, viz: Merrill, Hendricks, Harris, Funk, Shepard, Bair, Brower, Burnham, Bullen, Robinson, Whittle, Webb, Bright, Dobson, Lewis, Alonson, and others. Richmond energy and push showed itself early in our history by furnishing numerous freighters, railway builders and capable men, which made us even in those days quite famous for our visible wealth, and today her native sons are well to the front in perpetuating and maintaining that fame.

A wealth producing city must learn to keep a good proportion of the wealth it produces working at home, or it will become a poverty stricken city.

So it is with population. A city that produces population must keep a majority of the population working where it is produced, if that city would prosper. None can be so loyal to a city as its native sons. Richmond therefore invites the wealth of less loyal cities, by adhering to the principle of making our wealthy resources produce all the wealth we can and then keep that wealth working at the place it is produced. We further invite people from less prosperous cities by adhering to the principle of keeping our native sons working where they are produced.

The creamery, sugar and condensed milk industries, the pure bred dairy cattle, pure bred hogs, and pure bred horse industries, city water works, electric lights, paved sidewalks, graded streets, modern mercantile houses, a free public Carnegie library, and a state bank are products of this historical period and give to us quite a city appearance. Many of our homes are just as modern, if not so elaborate, as are the homes of larger cities. It's started, it's coming, it's growing, this spirit of home loyalty, home pride, home development, home love, home comfort and home advertising in the country towns.

Our home industrial development has just begun. What do we need to keep it moving more rapidly? More people? Yes, but what we need more than more people is more farm and industrial development by the people we already have.

The producers of wealth must learn that the highest degree of prosperity comes by keeping their wealth working in the place where it is produced. A constantly wealth producing farm must have

If a wealth producing city that keeps a majority of its producing, wealth working for home industrial development and keeps its native sons from migrating, will not induce an influx of wealth and population? What will?

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Richmond is far ahead of the average city of its size in the way of musical entertainment. Both the city council and commercial club are to be congratulated for furnishing and maintaining such a splendid organization as the Richmond Military Band.

It is composed of twenty-one talented musicians, all of whom are young men of that city aud is considered one of Cache Valley's most popular

They give regular monthly band dances that are iery popular with the young people, also concerts every Sunday evening during the summer months, and are regularly engaged to play at the County Fair.

They are indeed fortunate in having secured' such an able director as Mr. Amanson of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, who has gained a reputation in musical circles of Cache Valley that A the envy of many less gifted persons.

Conservati\re methods, extreme care and precise judgment upon the part of those engaged in it make the drug business a branch of human endeavor and commercial activity that has much to do with the progress and general Avelfare of the community of which it is a part.

This wide awake and progressive concern carijes a most complete and comprehensive stock of everything known to the line. With modern and up-todate fixtures, its shehres and show cases are filled to overflowing with a stock that is fresh and clean in every respect. Everything in the nature of staple and standard drugs, patent rubber goods, toilet articles, perfumes and sundries, as Avell as a complete line of all of the popular brands of foreign and domestic cigars and tobaccos are carried, and their soda fountain is one of the most popular in the city.

Mr. A. A. Thomas, owner and manager, is one of the progressive young men of the community who is every ready and Avilling to assume his share of any enterprise that may be put forward to advance Richmond or Cache Valley in general.

Very few stores are found in cities the size of Richmond that are as elegantly stocked with the many needs and requirements for the general household as the People's Mercantile Company. It is housed in a large two-story brick building located at the corner of Main and State streets.

Here you will find a complete line of groceries, dry goods, furnishings, crockery and hardware. One side of the story is occupied entirely by the grocery, crockery and hardware department, where only high grade goods are carried. The larger section of the

The concern was established in 1896, with C. E. Harris as manager, who later acquired controlling interest of the company. Since that time it has grown from a very modest concern to an establishment that does a business of more than $60,000 annually.

from the near by towns of Coveville, Franklin and Lewiston, the management finds it necessary to employ a large number of salespeople to take care of the trade.

Mr. Harris, a congenial, affable gentleman, well informed on the conditions and prospects of Richmond, has the honor of holding the important office of mayor of that beautiful progressive little city, establishment is given over to an elegant line of dress goods, ladies' ready to wear garments and novelties.

The city of Richmond is looked upon throughout Utah as being a very important factor in the affairs of Cache Valley and the northern part of the state. This progressive and enterprising concern has played no little part in establishing that reputation.

This concern was organized in 1903 with the late Apostle M. W. Merrill as president, a man who realized that absolute confidence in the honesty and integrity of an enterprise catering to public patronage is one of the most essential things necessary to that concern's success.

on Main street in the heart of the shopping district and well equipped for handling the trade of Richmond and vicinity. A complete and up-to-date line of dry goods, men's furnishings and shoes are always in stock. One section of the store is devoted entirely to crockery, kitchen ware and high grade groceries.

Mr. J. W. Funk, a courteous and obliging gentleman, who makes it a point to study the needs and requirements of its many customers, is its manager and secretary. The store has gained a reputation for conservatism and stability as might well be indicated by the man who was its first president.

The very heart of the commercial life of a community through which flow the financial currents of business, and upon which to a great extent depends its future prosperity is its banking interest. There is not the least possibility of a doubt but that the stability of the commercial and industrial interests of a community are to a very large extent dependent upon the policy and condition of its local bank. To intelligently serve its many customers and depositors, it must keep in close touch with business conditions both at home and abroad and act not only as a guardian over surplus funds and supporter of each local enterprise, but also as watchman over new concerns and counsellor to those w hose business interests are steadily on the increase. A sound and conservative banking house, directed by men of experience and knowm integrity is a blessing to any farming community and in this respect Richmond is extremely fortunate.

The State Bank of Richmond, organized in 1908 with a paid up capital of $25,000, is housed in its own handsome two-story brick building at the corner of Main and State street. It offers to the public every modern convenience in the handling of its finances. Though comparatively a young concern, it boasts of an average deposit of about $175,000. Aside from their many local depositors, they carry several

The directorate is as follows: M. S. Browning of Ogden, president : J. W. Funk of Richmond, vice president; George G. Hendricks of Richmond, cashier; M. S. Eccles of Logan, H. E. Hatch of Logan, C. E. Harris of Richmond, and J. M. Hendricks of Richmond. These gentlemen have a reputation for honesty and integrity throughout Cache Valley that is unquestioned.

The ladies of Richmond and vicinity are very fortunate in having such a fashionable establishment of this nature in their community. It is without doubt the largest and most up-to-date millinery shop in Cache Valley, to be found outside of Logan and Preston.

Mrs. Christensen, who has conducted the shop for the past twelve years, is an adept at the art of moulding and shaping the many delicate fabrics used in the making of the latest creations of feminine head-dress. Aside from her many Richmond customers, quite a number of patrons are drawn from the near by towns of Lewiston, Trenton, Franklin, and Coveville.

Mrs. Christensen's long experience in the millinery business in Cache Valley has won for her a reputation that might well be envied by the more extensive concerns of the larger cities.