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Show INTRODUCTION IX C ounty and c ity ro a d s a r e paved and o ile d ; L ogan is th e ju n c tio n point of U. S. H ighw ay 89 an d 91, and s e v e r a l s ta te h ig h w a y s. A ll a r e s e r v ic e a b le y e a r - r o u n d . L ogan and C ach e C ounty own jo in tly the L o g a n -C a c h e A ir p o r t, a b o u t 3^ m ile s n o rth w e s t of th e C ity . T h is is e q u ip p ed to h an d le a ll p r e s e n tday c o m m e rc ia l p la n e s , in c lu d in g n ig h t fly in g , e x c e p t je t a i r c r a f t . It is c o n s id e re d one of th e fin e s t a i r p o r t s in th e s t a te . R e g u la r a i r s e r v ic e fo r m a il, e x p r e s s and p a s s e n g e r s is e s ta b lis h e d . A ll th e tow ns o f the v a lle y a r e w ell su p p lie d w ith e le c tr i c lig h t and p o w er a t re a s o n a b le r a t e s , L o g an an d H y ru m h av e m u n ic ip a l e le c tr i c lig h t p la n ts , and th e u s e r s of e le c t r i c c u r r e n t in th e s e c itie s a r e fa v o re d w ith low r a t e s . T h ey m a in ta in s ta n d -b y s e r v ic e fro m th e U tah P o w e r & L ig h t Co. T h e re is a m p le e le c tr i c p o w e r f o r th e p r e s e n t in d u s tr ie s of the C ity and C ounty, an d fo r m an y m o r e . Som e of the flo u r an d feed m ills u s e w a te r p o w e r, w hich is an ad d e d a d v a n ta g e in k e e p in g down o p e r a tin g c o s ts . L ogan C ity and m an y n e a rb y tow ns a r e s e r v ic e d by n a tu r a l g a s s u p p lie d by the M ountain F u e l Supply C o m p an y , T h e re a r e fo u r so u n d b an k in g in s titu tio n s in L o g an , an d s e v e r a l in the C ounty. T h o se in L ogan have to ta l r e s o u r c e s o f o v e r $22 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T h ey c o n d u ct th e i r b u s in e s s a lo n g s a fe and c o n s e r v a tiv e lin e s , b u t a t the sa m e tim e they a r e k een to g ive fin a n c ia l s u p p o r t to any w o rth y in d u s tr y fo r th e d e v e lo p m e n t of th e C ity an d V a lle y . T he r e s e r v o i r s a t H y ru m an d a t N ew ton, two G o v e rn m e n t r e c l a m a tio n p r o je c ts and P o rc u p in e R e s e r v o ir s a t P a r a d i s e , s t o r e m o re th an 34,000 a c r e - f e e t of w a te r fo r ir r ig a t io n . T h e s e r e s e r v o i r s , w ith o th e r ir r ig a t in g s t r e a m s , m a k e p o s s ib le b e tt e r c ro p s and m o r e d iv e r s if ie d fa rm in g . R etail s t o r e s in L ogan c a r r y m e r c h a n d is e to m e e t th e n e e d s of any a v e ra g e fa m ily . V a ria tio n in q u a lity , c o s t, an d ta s te is a m p le . L ogan is p ro u d o f its r e t a il s t o r e s . F o r a tow n of its s i z e , th e r e a r e no m o r e a r t i s t i c s t o r e window d is p la y s o r s t o r e s in th e c o u n try . M e r c h a n d is e to s u it a ll fa n c ie s an d n e e d s o f the p e o p le is c a r r i e d a t r e a s o n a b le p r i c e s . A s a c e n te r of c u ltu r e a n d e d u c a tio n , L ogan is o u ts ta n d in g . T h e r e is a w h o le so m e e n v iro n m e n t fo r th e r e a r in g of f a m ilie s . U tah S ta te U n iv e r s ity , w ith a n e n ro llm e n t u p w a rd s of 10,000, is a n in te g r a l p a r t of th e c o m m u n ity . In its c o s m o p o lita n s tu d e n t body a r e s tu d e n ts fr o m s e v e r a l d ozen o th e r c o u n tr ie s an d m o s t of th e 50 s t a t e s . T h e re a r e e x c e lle n t s e n io r and ju n io r h igh sc h o o ls a n d e le m e n ta r y s c h o o ls . A ll the sc h o o ls have s u b s ta n tia l b u ild in g s an d e q u ip m e n t to give the s tu d e n ts good o p p o rtu n itie s f o r tr a in in g , an d th e «city sc h o o l d i s t r i c t h a s a p r o g r e s s iv e p ro g r a m of e x p a n sio n u n d e rw a y . C o m m an d in g a b ro a d view o f th e v a lle y , th e 9 0 - y e a r old, im p o sin g L ogan te m p le of th e C h u rc h o f J e s u s C h r is t of L a tte r - D a y S a in ts is s i t u a te d on a fin g e r of High g ro u n d ju ttin g o u t fro m th e B o n n e v ille b e n c h on th e e a s t e r n sid e of th e c ity . It is p ro b a b ly one of th e m o s t-p h o to g ra p h e d s i te s in the v a lle y . T he d o m in an t c h u rc h s 30 w a rd s w ith in L og an a tte n d th e i r m e e tin g s in b u ild in g s ra n g in g fro m th e o ld , b u t w e ll- m a in ta in e d , to the v e ry new and m o d e rn . L a r g e s t n o n -M o rm o n c o n g re g a tio n is th a t of the F i r s t P r e s b y te r i a n C h u rc h , b u t th e r e a r e a ls o a c tiv e C a th o lic , B a p tis t E p i s c o p a lia n , L u th e ra n , and C h u rc h of C h r is t g ro u p s . ' Two b u ild in g s fo r s e c t a r i a n s o c ia l an d r e lig io u s a c tiv itie s a r e a d ja c e n t to the USU C a m p u s —T h e LDS In s titu te o f R elig io n an d th e N ew m an C e n te r w ith its new c h a p e l u n d e r c o n s tru c tio n . D ra m a tic s h as a s u b s ta n tia l p la c e in L o g an life*, w ith a good th e a t e r m dow ntow n L og an , an a m p h ith e a te r a t the U n iv e rs ity u se d f o r s u m m e r du c1 1o n s , a n d a full p ro g r a m of p u b lic ( I r a m a t i ^ r t s p e r f o r m a n c e s a t UbU. In a d d itio n , a c iv ic m u s ic a s s o c ia tio n an d t h l ||h i v e r s i t y c o o p e ra te tq b rin g a tine o ffe rin g of n a tio n a lly and in te rn a tio n a lly 'k n o w n a r t i s t s to the v a lle y d u rin g th e y e a r . D ra m a tic s and p u b lic sp e a k in g a r e e m p h a s iz e d in sc h o o ls and c h u rc h e s . ” L ogan G olf arid 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 o u th of L o gan C anyon, is known to be tough. W ith 18 h o le s , th e tr e e lin e d fa irw a y s I |
