Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-03
LOGAN.


a. The news"
Logan. Jan. 2.--The people Of Logan
md cache county bade farewell TO
1905. with fondcst regret, for 90 them
1t has been one OF Unusual prosperity,
and material progress. The most
houutcDur harvest that was ever gar
urttI NJ Cich. Is INV siU,, a away In
the strong boxes OF our farmers.
Fully two million bushels or wheat
were raised Ia addition to large guam
tity ~ barley oats. rye and iuccfn
seed. Chicfy owing to the energetic
EFFORTS " President DrHuu Smith aud
his cuunfolors the farmers were IN
ducch. last spfing. 10 cngngc IN sugar
beet culture. and approximately 5000
tons ~ the tuheru were produced IN
the county this season. Six thousand
TONS went 10 the Ogden sugar factory.
aud the remainder II being used hetc
in fecding sheep. cattle and pisH. The
experienced cNcup-
tionni prosperity having marketed APP
pfoyimntoly $4,000 worth Of their
products.
Nearly every other Industry IN the
county has Jared quite nH well. and the
now year dawned holding IN Wow
brighter prospects Tor each e county
than ever before. Thousands u acres
Of fall grain have already been planted.
and plans Cor various business I'm.
pfuvemruia ara being considered
The old year barred out md the now
one in.in u very puict manner. Dances
W. the various wards, and few private
recrptionr. were the only social events
that took place Tho weather has
been fair and mild and as the snow
covered highways ARE well beaten and
NsIN hoo
an the rage during the holidays
Nirhnp ". ". Preston spent the New
Year with relatives In tho city.
Hon. u. = Campbell OF salt Lake
came up on New Years visit ON sun
lay,
Mr.. Sam whitney of Charleston spent
New Years ~ Logan. Sam il one OF
be- unique rhninutcra of the county
ono NJ the az pioneers, he posaeHasa
In a marked degree the qualities which
made those sturdy heroes famous.
I Years aEp he lost m arm. some time
later h. mot with an accident that de-
pHVrd him Of one ~ his legs. yet In
I spite ~ all this. during the phHt year
/ he raised 500 bushels ~ grain upon
Nfy farm IN Charleston. which h
situated upon n hillside 20 steep that
2 Sam frequently topples on HE pillow
/ when at work lie had absolutely no
Z help IN producing this crop except nt
l threrhinE time. he pl0wod the land.
rowcd u ami looked after u until Il was
I ready 20 harvest lie has raised a
large and INTEREST," family. but none
OF thcin reside near him. and ~ he has
/ no Nlie every detail Of the work WIS
attended Ia by him. lie IL rapidly be-.
coming woll.to.do and II In the city
I mr. the purpose ~ making payments
upon two more quarter sections which
he has purchased from the state and
VIII pay Tor from the proceeds ~ his
! toll
| Elder Hans g. Hanson of this city
who for the past two years has beon
| cnrnRcd In missionary work In the
| Eastern States, arrived home In time
/ 20 spend New Years with his folks.
| For q time Elder Hanson iaboreI Ia
lirooklyn. n. Y. but during tho latter
part ~ his mission he presided over the
/ Philadelphia conference. lle reports
thorough enjoyment ~ HIS lnbora
] Elder Nathan Thomas. son Of Judge
I w, y, Thomas Of this city. also r..
turned ON sunday morning from the
] missionary feid IN Maryland. where he
has spent the past twenty. seven
months. Hc Ia looking and feeling
we'll and reports rapid progress In
npr 'ailng tile Gospel In that common.
The Fourth ward Sunday sehoo, will
give q dance ana socinble Tor the hon,
~ N the organization on "Wednesday
nt'efnuon ana evoning. II promises u
be very nice nffnir,
{ IN tnturiay evening Merchant
Henry q, linyhuil, Hs sort ~ aurplao
ana mark ~ appreciation rendered his
] clerks nnl other employees "a very nice
reception AZ the wasatch club. Tho
tcm surprise, however. was on Mr..
inymll Tor after partnkinF N tho
'clsunt supper prepared Tor them. ono
~ No clerks, On behalf Of hts fellow
employees presented the gentleman with
handsome horse and euiior.
lhe newly elected Officers OF this
county took formal possession 81 their
nll'lh inlhF ~ noon when the outrn.
ihH ana incoming officials mot In tho
court house. The three OUTGOING Dep,o.
cratic commissioners. NieHHra. Iiyrum
llnyhnll Martin Woolf and William,
sparks, who viii he surreofnt hv throo
Wnhliclns. made hrlef adlronscs o,
J. fi"HfifW'nfiun und eco "a
iheir successors, ua did also the retiring
Hnrflu Nnd uhtefhor, Mt Turner. IN,
fhriiu nnhc some rather cliiati ,
/ l"lnitnl references, saying that had he
been fl-htlV treated by members m l,is
party he would not today occupy the
" mon ~ a defeated candidate.
nave mono but the hest II feellnrr 10.
wnfl ihr Incoming Republican ofIlclri4.
nm ! hnvo ulite different ones toward
lhpHe pemocrniR who said continually
70 I'M. y.e' Ser' nnl then on election
Wy ava NO. No His speech cause
lullo hIret" NJ comment, The new
bnlrd met Hffof the old ono odt,,tr,,I
ANA teplird IN feiicltnuH terms "a ~.
fpc'chca NJ their predecessors. plede-