The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

N Eo4hIAD III Gne DrOauy DeauJlIul ana
IN fertile valley of Cache, which ha:
IN been, not inaptly, termed the
granary of Utah, lies Logan and tt
one who has not visited the town for two
or three years past, she offers consider
able surprise. For years she plodded
along at a county village gait, if not forget
ting the world at least by the world nearly
forgotten. But the last few years have
seen most decided change. Front yards
that were at one time devoted to the rails
ing of cabbages or other Injuries or neces-
sites of this mundane sphere are now
covered with clean, well-watered and
well-kept lawns; the main streets that
erst were as black as midnight after the
stores were closed, are now brilliantly
lighted with electricity, and the ever
present sprinkler keeps them free from
dust, so that a walk along the shady ave
nues of the
''oUEEN OF THE NORTH
is luxury highly appreciated by all visi-
tors. Improvements are the order of the
day, progress is the watchword, and a re-
markedly even and steady progress it is,
too. True, the real estate agents have in
vaded Logan, but they are not so numer
GUS Us 10 DCCDUlC u upon
each other, aud there are no boom meetings
nor brass band hurrahs. Yet in quiet
way everything moves tremendously along
While there is no frantic grasping after
wealth at the expense of ones neighbors.
yet each one who is,willing to work is doing
weIl-and large proportion of the Logan
ties are pillng up wealth even faster than
they themselves may be aware. The
strides forward that have been made dur
ct fnT how not
taken hurriedly or inadvisedly, and there
has been no reaction-nO after-clap. The
Loganites have builded well and
are now about to reap the benefits of their
iabOrs. There was n time,' said Mr.
George w. Thatcher to the writer as we
both enjoyed the cool breezes on the lawn
IN front Of that gentleman's residence,
''when l seriously contemplated pulling up
stakes and settling down in Salt Lake or
elsewhere. However, l have changed my
mind now. Logan is good enough for me. y
''You believe, then, in the future of
LOgan-that il will gradually grow, that it
will not be long ere it has twice its present
populationF
! most certainly do and shall be very
much surprised if do not see a great
many Salt Lakers, who have
GROWN TIRED OF CITY LIFE,
heading in this direction and making per
manent homes with US. And they viii all
be welcomed, you may be sure. We need
young, active business men here, and there
is a good opening for all who care to come
no better field awaits them anywhere. )"
And the gentleman is correct in his state
ments. I recently spent week in Logan
and vicinity, and met many of her proni-
nent business men and talked with num-
bers of the laboring or farming element.
During all this time, heard
not a solitary growl. All were
apparently happy andcontented. And well
they should be. Still country town. vet
Logan offers many of the advantages of city
life, and will offer many more in the imme-
date future. There is work for all who de-
sire it, and good living without the rush
and whirl experienced in Salt Lake. There
is good, whole souled, hOspitable feeling in
the very air, and the stranger within her
gates is not long in discovering this to be
fact. AS a residence place, particularly
during the summer months, Logan is unex-
celed in the territory. Property is cheap,
and water is plenty.