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Show INTRODUCTION IX County and c ity roads a r e paved. ar1d"0#e'd^fJogan is the junction point of U, S. Highway 89 and 91, a n ^ e ^ e rail S tate h igh w ays. All a re s e r v i c e a b l e year-rourtdt K ' ‘ < ' V' / Logan and C ach e County own join tly the L o g a n - C a c h e A i r p o r t , a b out 31 m i le s northwe/st of the C ity . T h is -i£ e q u ip p e d 'to handle a ll p r e s e n t day co m m ercia l planes?, in c lu d in g night flH n g , e x c e p t j e t a i r c r a f t . IL&s ^ c o n s i d e r e d one of t h e T i n e s t a i r p o r t s u n the s t a t e . R e g u la r a i r s e r v i c e fo r m a i l, e x p r e s s and p a s s e n g e r s is e s t a b l i s h e d . All the towns of the g a l l e y a r e w jjl^ s u p p lie d with e l e c t r i c lig ht and p o w er a t r e a s o n a b l e r a t e s . L ogan and I l y r u m B a v e m u n ic ip a l e l e c t r i c light p la n t s , and the u s e r s of e l e c t r i c c u r r e n t in t h e s e c i t i e s a r e fa v o r e d with low r a t e s . T h ey m a i n t a i n s t a n d - b y s e r v i c e f r o m th e Utah P o w e r & Light Co. T h e r e is a m p l e e l e c t r S p o w e r f o r the p r e s e n t i n d u s t r i e s of the City and County, and f o r rriariy m o r e . Slirfrb of the f l o u r and feed m i ll s u se w a t e r p o w e r, w hich is an a d d e d a d v a n ta g e in k eep in g down o p erating co sts. Logan City and m a n y n e a r b y tow ns a r e s e r v i c e d by n a t u r a l gas s u p plied by the M o u n t a i n E u e r Supply C o m p a n v S j r T h e r e a r e T o u S so un d b an k in g i n s t i t u t i o n in L o g an , and s e v e r a l in the County. T h o s e in L ogan have to tal r e s o u r c e s of o v e r $22,000,000. T h e y ^ p n q i S t t h e i r b u s i n e s s a l b n g '^ a f e and c o n s e r v a t i v e l i n e s , bu t a t the sa m e ti m e th e ^ * a re ke^en to giyq f i n a n c ia l s u p p o r t to any w o rth y i n d u s tr y for the d e v e lo p m e n t oiVthe City an d Vallejagp| The r e s e r v o i r s a t H yru n rran d a t Newton, two G o v e r n m e n t r e c l a m a tion p r o f i t s and P o r c u p i n e R e s e r v o i r s a t P a r a d i s e , s t o r e m o r e than 34,000 a c r e - f e e t of w a t e r f o r i r r i g a t i o n . T h e s e r e s e r v o i r s , with o t h e r i r r i g a t i n g strear^g»# m a k e p o s s i b l e b e t t e r ^ r o p s and m o r e d i v e r s i f i e d fa r m in g . Retail s t o r e s in L o g a m c a r r y m e r c h a n d i s e : to m e e t the n e e d s of any a v e r a g e fa m ily . V a r i a t i o n in qualityj|$pyps,|,vand t a s t e is a m p l e . Logan is, p ro u d of i t s ^ r e t a i l f e t p r e s . F o r a town of its s i z e , t h e r e a r e no m o r p ^ a r t i s t i c s t o r ^ w i n d o w d is p lay s, o r sto res? in the c o u n tr y . M e r c h a n d is e to s u i t a ll f a n c i e s and n e e d s of the p e o p le is c a r r i e d a t r e a s o n able p r i c e s . A s a c e n t e r of c u l t u r e a n d ed u c a tio n , L ogan is o u ts ta n d i n g . T h e r e is a w h o le s o m e e n v i r o n m e n t f o r th e r e a r i n g of f a m i l i e s . Utah S ta te U n i v e r sity, w ith a n e n r o l l m e n t u p w a r d s of 10, 000, is a n i n t e g r a l p a r t of th e c o m m unity. In its c o s m o p o l i t a n s t u d e n t body a r e s t u d e n t s f r o m s e v e r a l dozen o th e r c o u n t r i e s an d m o s t of th e 50 s t a t e s . T h e r e a r e e x c e l l e n t s e n i o r and ju n i o r high s c h o o l s and e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l s . All the s-ehools have s u b s t a n t i a l b u ild in g s an d e q u ip m e n t to give the stu d e n ts good I m p o r t u n i t i e s f o r t r a i n i n g , and the c it y s c h o o l d i s t r i c t has a p r o g r e s s i v e p r o g r a m of e x p a n s i o n u n d e rw a y . C o m m a n d in g a b r o a d view of th e v a ll e y , th e 9 0 - y e a r old, im p o s in g Logan te m p l e of th e C h u r c h o f J e s u s C h r i s t of L a t t e r - D a y S a in ts is s i t uated on a f i n g e r of High grouri’d ju t ti n g o u t f r o m th e B o n n e v ille b en c h on the e a s t e r n s g l e of the city . It is p ro b a b ly one of t h e 'f t & s t - p h o t o g r a p h e d s i t e s in the v a lle y . The d o m in a n t c h u r e h t s 30 w a r d s w ithin L og an a tt e n d t h e i r m e e t in g s in b uild in g s!H in g in g f r o m the o ld , b u t ;well - m a i n t a i n e d , to the v e r y new and m o d e r n . L a r g e s t n o n - M o r m o n c o n g r e g a t i o n is th a t of the F i r s t P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h , but t h e r e a r e a l s o a c ti v e C a th o l ic , B a p ti s t, E p i s c o p a l i a n , 'L u t h e r a n , and C h u r c h of C h r i s t g r o u p s . Two b uild in g s f o r y s e c t a r i a n s o c i a l and r e l i g i o u s a c t i v i t i e s a r e a d ja c e n t to the USU C a m p u s —T h e L]>S I n s titu te of R eligion and the N ew m a n C e n t e r with its new ch a p e l u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n . D r a m a t i c s lias a s u b s t a n t i a l p la c e in L o gan life , with a good t h e a t e r in downtown L o g an , an a m p h i t h e a t e r a t the U n i v e r s i t y u se d f o r s u m m e r p ro d u c tio n s , and a full p r o g r a m of public d r a m a t i c a r t s p e r f o r m a n c e s a t USU. In a d d itio n , a civ ic m u s i c a s s o c i a t i o n and the u n i v e r s i t y c o o p e r a t e to b r i n g a fine o f f e r in g of-'Nationally and in t e r n a t i o n a l l y known a r t i s t s to the valley-flu ring the y e a r . D r a m a t i c s and public s p e a k i n g a r e e m p h a siz e d in s c h o o l s and c h u r c h e s . Logan Golf and C o u n try C lu b ’s b e a u tifu l c o u r s e , a t the m ou th of L o gan C anyon, is known to be tough. With 18 h o le s , the t r e e l i n e d fa i r w a y s |
