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Show INTRODUCTION IX County and city roads are paved and oiled; Logan is the junction point of U.S. Highway 89 and 91, and several state highways. All are serviceable year-round. Logan and Cache County own jointly the Logan-Cache Airport, about 3 Mi miles northwest of the City. This is equipped to handle all presentday commercial planes, including night flying, except jet aircraft. It is considered one of the finest airports in the state. Regular air service for mail, express and passengers is established. All the towns of the valley are well supplied with electric light and power at reasonable rates. Logan and Hyrum have municipal electric light plants, and the users of electric current in these cities are favored with low rates. They maintain stand-by service from the Utah Power & Light Co. There is ample electric power for the present industries of the City and County, and for many more. Some of the flour and feed mills use water power, which is an added advantage in keeping down operating costs. Logan City and many nearby towns are serviced by natural gas supplied by the Mountain Fuel Supply Company. There are four sound banking institutions in Logan, and several in the County. Those in Logan have total resources of over $22,000,000. They conduct their business along safe and conservative lines, but at the same time they are keen to give financial support to any worthy industry for the development of the City and Valley. The reservoirs at Hyrum and at Newton, two Government reclamation projects and Porcupine Reservoirs at Paradise, store more than 34,000 acre-feet of water for irrigation. These reservoirs, with other irrigating streams, make possible better crops and more diversified farming. Retail stores in Logan carry merchandise to meet the needs of any average family. Variation in quality, cost, and taste is ample. Logan is proud of its retail stores. For a town of its size, there are no more artistic store window displays or stores in the country. Merchandise to suit all fancies and needs of the people is carried at reasonable prices. As a center of culture and education, Logan is outstanding. There is a wholesome environment for the rearing of families. Utah State University, with an enrollment upwards of 10,000, is an integral part of the community. In its cosmopolitan student body are students from several dozen other countries and most of the 50 states. There are excellent senior and junior high schools and elementary schools. All the schools have substantial buildings and equipment to give the students good opportunities for training, and the city school district has a progressive program of expansion underway. Commanding a broad view of the valley, the 90-year old, imposing Logan temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is situated on a finger of High ground jutting out from the Bonneville bench on the eastern side of the city. It is probably one of the most-photographed sites in the valley. The dominant church’s 30 wards within Logan attend their meetings in buildings ranging from the old, but well-maintained, to the very new and modern. Largest nonMormon congregation is that of the First Presbyterian Church, but there are also active Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Church of Christ groups. Two buildings for sectarian social and religious activities are adjacent to the USU Campus-The LDS Institute of Religion and the Newman Center with its new chapel under construction. Dramatics has $ substantial place in Logan life, with a good theater in downtown Logan, an amphitheater at the University used for summer productions, and a full program of public dramatic arts performances at USU. In addition, a civic music association and the university cooperate to bring a fine offering of nationally and |
