The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-08-06
PEA FACTORY
COMPLETES
FIRST SEASON

OMA M AIA<D, august LINE
Morgan Canning company's factory
at smithfield com pieted its first sea-
sons run on Saturday. July ~.
The factory, opened up and receiv-
ed Its first peas on June 20, and
made run Of ~ days. During this
time. the company put up $4,000
cases Of peas with twentyfour cans
per case. making q total Of $4,000
cans.
There were approximately 800
acres Of peas harvested for canning
this year and about ninety acres that
went to seed. The latter have not
yet been threshed so what they will
net cannot be given now, but Of the
acreage harvest for canning farmers
realized from what a failure up to
$3.50 per acre. The factory gave
employment to an average of 10
persons during the seasons run.
These employees received about
$4,000 for their labor. A few
hands are still employed in labelling
and shipping the product to market
which is mainly on the coast.
The factory at Smithfield Is built
on the state highway. just south Of
smithfield city proper line. but with
in the incorporate limits Of the city.
It Is on the Utah Idaho Cenral rail-
road line and about In the center Of
Cache county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fife of Ev-
anston. Wyo., motored down to
Smithfield on Friday and visited Mr..
and Mrs. p. d. Thornley, few days.
While here they took Mr.. and Mrs.
THORNLEY, and Mrs. Emma Thornley,
on trip on Saturday Ia. & Arimo,
where they visited Mrw~ands Mrs.
Frank Tidwell until Sunday. They
fsre pleased with abe. country and
crop conditions there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fife left on Tuesday
of this week for their home. =
The biggest social event of the
week was the party given by Mrs
Lorenzo Toolson in honor OF Mis-.
IRebecca Pilgrim Of American Falls,
Idaho. Mrs. siyron Whitaker Of Salt
Lake City and Mrs. George Ensign Of
ogden on Monday afternoon. Be-
sides the guests Of honor were pres
emit Mesdames J. F. Hillyard, J. ],
Richardson. J. P. Toolson. George
Hanson. G. L. Farrell, Kinda Cham.
bers. A. D. Weeks. L.. v. Toolsou
land R, H. Toolson. Miss Violet Pet.
erson and Miss Lola Farrell. A pleas.
liant time was spent.
! Miss Letha Roskelley entertained
the Eagle Swarm Of Bee Hive girls
on Tuesday evening At her homo,
Refreshments were served and q
very enjoyable time was had.
| Miss Melva Hill and Ruth Wool
ford entertained at a luncheon on
Sunday afternoon. Those present
were Maria Grifaths zina Read, Bees
Isle Smith. Lucinda Hill, Bertha Hart
!Grace Richards Of Collinston. Della
Whitehead, Jennie Albertson, Le-
vern Cottle. Alice Buckley .oi. Frank
hin. idaho.I
I Prof. and Mrs. Farley E. Peter
son Of Logan and Miss vendla Far
I relI Of Salt Lake City spent Sunday
in smithfield with Mr. and Mrs.. Lo-
reno Toolson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William scrowfRers
Jr. and Mr.. and Mrs. J, c. Hin are
spending the Tees at Bear Lake.
" Ar.fJ. M. Anderson and family
heft for the Yellowstone National
park this week X TsS., j
Milton Winn. Fishburn Chamb-
bers, Ray SNOWFALL and clifford PHI
kington returned Monday night after
|, iBenajpg the wssi.. at Fish Haven.
Messrs, Sylvester rrs.. Lorin Low
A. j. Hill. 7. P. Bingham and Dish
op W. l. winn moto'ed to Idaho
Calls on Wednesday, III look nvet