AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE.

dustrious, hard-working, self-reliant and
apparently contented people, always living
within theirmeans. The population of the
valley is upwards of 15,000.

Leaving Mendon to cross the valley, we
pass through a farm of 9,643 acres, upon
which were 30 miles of fencing, houses and
out buildings, which were deeded by Pres-
ident Brigham Young, just before his
death, to trustees, in trust to endow a col-
lege at Logan City, to be called “Brigham
Young College.” The trustees are paras
the land for the purpose of creating a fun
to carry outthe bequest. These lands are
some of the most valuable in the Terri-

tory.

Crossing Logan River, and seven miles
from Mendon, our train stops at the city of

Logan—This city is the county seat of
Cache county, situated on the east side of
Cache Valley, just below the mouth of
Logan Canyon. It is the largest place in
the valley, containing a population of
; about 3,000, most of whom are engaged
in agricultural and pastoral pursuits.
Water runs through the streets from the
mountains and orchards; gardens, fruits
and flowers abound.

The city contains two flouring mills, a
woolen mill, the railroad machine and re-
pair shops, one hotel—the Logan House—
and a branchof the Z. C. M. L., besides
various small mechanical establishments.
The new Tabernacle is of cut stone, and
seats 2,500 people.

On the east side of the city, a round
plateau rises 300 feet above the streets, pro-
jecting out from the average front of the
mountain range 2,000 feet, into the valley.
This plateau is about 500 feet in width,
and shaped like the end of a monster canal
boat, bottom upwards. Standing on the
point, and looking west, the city is close
at our feet, the broad valley beyond, and
in the distance the spur of the Wasatch,
over which we came from Bear Valley.
To the right and left, the valley is spread
out in all its beauty, and no less than 14
towns and villages are in sight, surrounded
with mountain ranges, which rise, range
upon range, and peak overtopping peak,
the highest of which are robed in a per-
petual mantle of snow. The view is one
of the most beautiful that one could con-
ceive.

Upon this plateau, the Mormon people
who reside in Cache and the four adjoin-
counties, have elected to build a mag-
nificent temple, in which to conduct the

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rites and ordinances of the Mormon
church, The main building will be of
slate stone, 171 feet long, 95 feet wide,
and 86 feet high, with a grand tower 144
feet ae from base to pinnacle, and will
cost, when completed, in about four years,
$450,000 to $500,000.

Around the outer rim of the plateau, a
double row of trees have been set out, and
the water from the mountain above con-
ducted in little ditches all around and over
the entire grounds.

Leaving Logan, our road runs north,
along the base of the Wasatch Mountains
—having made a great horse-shoe curve
from the summit.

From Logan it is five miles to

Hype Park Stratron—The town of
Hyde Park is to the right, close beside the
mountain, one mile distant, and contains
a population of about 800.

One mile further, and after crossing
Summit Creek, which is lined with cotton-
wood trees, comes

SMITHFIELD—This is a town of 1,200
population, a short distance to the right of
the road. Seven miles further is

RicuMoND — another town of 1,200
people, on the right, beside the mountain.

These towns are all alike in beauty of sur-
roundings, and the description of one is a
description of all. They all have water
running through the streets, orchards and
gardens, and are all laid out with wide
streets, by the side of which are rows of
trees and good walks.

Lewistown—is another small village of
400 people, situated on the opposite side of
the valley, four miles distant.

Six miles further, and we are atthe end
of the track, at

FRANKLIN—This town is one mile north
of the line, between Utah and Idaho, and,
consequently, is in Idaho Territory; popu-
lation about 400. It is situated in Cache
Valley, Oneida county, Idaho, on Chubb
Creek about one mile from the station to
the northeast, at the base of the Wasatch
Mountains.

The county seat of Oneida county is
Malad City,40 miles due west. The vil-
lages of Weston, Clarkston, Newton, Ox-
ford, and Clifton—heretofore alluded to—
are to the westward of Franklin, from ten
to twenty miles. In Bear Valley, 30 miles
east, over the mountains, are the towns of
Paris, Montpelier and Bennington, aggre-
gating a population of about 1,000.

From Franklin, it is eleven miles to