The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-12-19
LEWISTON, A GREAT
empire, IN HEART
or FERTILE VALLEY
Lewiston, Dec. 49,

country now known as Lewiston was
a vast level desert waste. Immi-
grants passed it up as practically
useless land and went on to what in
their judgement was better land. a
few sturdy pioneers at last stopped
in their iOurucying and determined
to make the soil yield to their wants.
For many years they endured hard
ships and trails. The wind blew so
hard that the crops were blown ont
of the sand and frost and grass hop
pers destroyed the vegetation when
there were no visible signs OF de-
struCtion else where. Many gave
UP in despair and dsft. But a few
remained and struggled on. The
place was called Poverty Fiat and
rightly so. But with in the forty
six years Poverty Flat has become
(barring Logan the most promising
forishing enterprising town in the
entire county.
After the making of an irrigation
system was accomplished and mois-
ture placed in the soil the desert
land yielded an abundance The
principal crops Of LEWISTON being
sugar beets, alfalfa, cereals and
potatoes, and hardy frlits
The later part CT the year 1915
and the year 1916 have wrought
vast Improvement, in Lewiston.
One of the most important being
the installation of a water system.
Before the establishment of this sys-
tenn Lewiston was noted for bad
water, in some parts of the town it
was almost impossible to drink the
water.
Thirty-siX miles of pipe line was
laid to convey the water to almost
every part of Lewiston. First class
material was used in the construc-
ton, and proficient workmen en-
gagged The entire system costing
the town of about 1000 inhabitants
s15O,OOO, more than three times the
cost of the water system of Logan
city with a population of $1,000. The
people are bearing this burden OF
debt and cheerfully paying it off in a
creditable manner.
Great improvements bavs been
made also in the streets ana side
walks about a mile and one.half of
pavement has been added in the
principal parts of town. And the
roads which in the spring time used
to repose underneath two feet OF
mud have been graveled and worked
into good condition.
Lewiston boasts of one of the
largest Sugar Factories in the land
Many improvements have been ad'
ded during the year 1915. A stef'
fens plant has been added process
known as the Steffens system by
Which the leIuSc syrup 10 Soh'Si ISN
into sugar.
An electric conveyor has been ad
ded to convey the beets from auto
matte dump to the factory
A concrete smoke stack 225 fee
high Is feet diameter at the bottom
Q feet in diameter at the top, !
new administration building ha
been added which is in every wa!
CONVENIENT and up-to-date. Abou
100000 is paid out yearly by tn
Sugar Co.. for labor and about $500
900 to the farmers for beets. Dur
ing the year 1917 beets will be pai
for on a graduated scale $500 pc
ton for % per cent crop. Fror
the 5, of December until the 23rd 0
this year $500 will be paid for tn
beets that were frozen in the grount
The interurban rail- road has bee
established thru out the countr!
Touching Lewiston and giving theI
two hour passenger service ais
handling freight which the local bu,
mess houses were obliged to har
from the oregon Short Line a di
lance of several miles Thru IN
means Of travel distance has bee
anihnated and comfort and conyen
ence realized by the people.
Almost every third family in Lev
iston owns an automobile and white
we are glad to state with very fe
exceptions we're purchased at Il
sacrifice Of mortgaged homes.
Lewiston has a complete and up