The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30
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By Mrs. T. Nernette Morse at Housekeepers Conference


later when | went into my artist
friends studio there hung on the wall
small sketch that demanded my at
tention, and my look of inquiry was
answered: That's my recollection Of
the ranch home We passed but |
could not do 1t Justice" The next
summer | drove over that road again
but this time stopped, tied my team,
and went in through that garden
again loading the air with its won
derful perfume and making bright
with its color one of the homiest
homes in the canyons of the Wasatch
mountains. | was admitted to the
house through combined kitchen
and dining room and shown into a
large, sunny living room, looking out
upon the flower garden, and there |
found man, owner of the farm, about
sixty-eight years of age; resting and
reading. l told him l was the gov
eminent milk man and just wanted
to know how he was getting along
with the dairy end of his business,
and we were soon chatting away like
old friends. He had come during the
early days Of the settlement of Utah
from South Africa and had lived for
over thirty-five years upon the place
where We were talking. After
had gotten through with what might
be termed my official business, | ask
ed him who it was in the family that
was the great lover of flowers. (By
this time We were passing out of the
home into the glory of the flower
garden) His answer was: why, we
all do, and We couldn't have a home
without them. You see we have al
ways had them. We brought flower
seeds with us when we came on to
this ranch here and they seem to be
a part OF the place somehow" There
had been family reared in that
ho"S, must VI thcul hoW "Sie III
homes of their own, and again |
have wondered what influence of that
old home was upon the new ones that
were to be so moulded and vitality ar
fected by the old home life. | believe
the influence would be for unselfish-
ness and good citizenship, good
health and right living.
Railroads are large corporations.
They say corporation has no soul.
l don't know about that. have
known corporations to do very effec-
tive missionary work along some
lines but in a general way when a
corporation spends money they do 1t
expecting eventually a return in
kind. l was on the station platform
of a large trans:ontinental railway
waiting for the train. The station
building was not elaborate in fact,
1t was one OF the early day buildings
of that road and had not yet been
torn away and replaced by one OF
the neat permanent structures that 1t
has been the policy of that road to
place along its lines; but extending
out on either side of the building was
a stretch of well kept lawn. Rose
trees, shrubs, and annual plants we're
In profusion, and the thought came
to me: Now. haven't had the rail-
road mans answer but | believe /
can tell you folks here today of two
ways where that railroad would get
returns. Now then whether we think
1t or not, we'll managed railway
values the good will of the people
along its route. That good will has
a money value. 1t promotes good
feeling between the patrons and the
railroad and that good feeling makes
for efficiency in the conducting OF
their business. That nice, well kept
station and that beautiful lawn, with
Its flower beds, was referred to by
the people OF that little town as
our" station grounds. They took
pride in 1t and that little to promoted
good feeling between the people and
the railroad employees so that bust.
ness was pleasantly transacted.
Now, / think there was where the
railroad was getting returns on some
of its money invested in that grass
plot; but there Is another thing al
10. that believe is factor In there
Il don't have 1t from a railroad man
,ut one OF my friends to whom l was
alking about this matter, who is
more or less of civic economist, has
suggested that those grass plots and
lower gardens along the railway have
IN effest upon the employees Of the
abroad that makes for loyalty and
efficiency. II that is So OF a rail-
Dad, what about similar adornment