Show ORY R Of TELEGRAM RECORD RICORD Of REPEATED fOR PU PUBLIC UC 1 olI No 1 of THE TELEGRAM I issued January 2 contained on this edito editorial ial mere There L e is IS ample room in ill Salt Lake City for a new piper p If per r independent fearless honest and clean which father rather and print the news and all the news of the shall promote and defend the interests of Utah of f its people which shall hall present the actual facts situation environment res resources and opportunities hh L a way as to attract the capital and enterprises lee raced ed for the attainment o of f our greatest possible 1 erity rHY Ghis is pl platform THE T TELEGRAM r l in in each ach sue has indorsed determinedly and consistently At Atit sr it gained a reputation as Salt Lake City's chief r rj a distinction it has maintained to the present A Aap ager aper ap l' l first of all striving at all tunes times to advance e the th interests t ests of its State and pd city disregarding or over- over g all ll who s seek k to 0 obstruct or impede the he march of shit it has enjoyed a gratifying m measure asure of growth outmost most on-most most acceptable boon of all the all the commendation shays always l ays large and growing ever constituency vance e ein in i in n Salt Lake Lake City and andi i have ha been se former has made mado its most trades tildes forward during the life rand and tho two will continue reh hand and in band in the tau u. u on Cars I the greatest strokes of enter enter- h ell me of public service on the was its fight ht reet reef car and light trust sev- sev rs sW ago io The first campaign is pi line in e was directed at at the theene 4 ene the he street car company in earsT without fenders Many tad been mangled through th this s of It he public safety and THE Al the gauge of batth bat- bat th the officials of the company In down own A red hot campaign d resulting in in the passage of lc ac compelling the company to lemon lerson lers on all its cars ears ling Fight I IJ J idid victory was followed I h which TILE THE TELEGRAM the company to pay its living wa wages es and to force the nto to improve e the system aiga aigu was of the old time firey fire- fire ri y and in the end the o succumbed It It ine inie in- in ie e gages a es of the men revised rules 1 S and began to improve m The fact that the com com- Id hat its bond issue could I aced acea owin owing to the fight made I was instrumental ig to time The first im- im ts made by the tr trolley Hey com- com f om this fight light on Case fe feat t of which THE TilE TELEy TELE- TELE l lj feel proud was its acin ac- ac in go the relief of Miss 1 Lulu the invalid valid whose little home homo mortgaged nort 3 ed and was about to be JIE prELE TELEGRAM EGRA GRAM I assumed the re re- yf raising funds to pa pay off and jage ag and it succeeded so well only only was the mortgage paid tad ded delivered to Miss Johnne John- John 6 i ne sum of money as well d over to hernstein her in Defeat eat of f Hartenstein the Coun- Coun vho l went over o to the light r rhe e had pledged himself to 1 1 and had sworn to vote votee e franchises which were asked alight llight I ht trust is another hick this paper is proud The made on Haril Har- Har il ill Ong be remembered in in los lo- lo s s. s It ended in the courts Har HarTenstein enstein out of his seat in ini in it i itt t tah jah advertising ever done dones s vas was placed by this paper wishing to bring the dv presented by Utah publics public contracted cages ages of advertising ad in in Harazi Har Har- azine e. e This space was used advertising Utah and it was of this character the ever ever received LEGRAM was the pioneer in in nent on behalf of Utah Utah fah h people It has never nevert t is to ad advance vance Ith home om industry by demon h he quality of Utah e first it has urged street ims im- im s and i proper water and sewer ewer to the comfort health e and financial of off f ts is demand for these recen re re- cen constant and efi effectual 1 nd does guard the in- in people in il- ma matters of mu- mu mu- mu criticising t bas lias believed public of- of ha have e merit merited d correction correction and be bestowing l' l stowing genero generous s praise e when this has been deserved The Champion of Parks Always THE TIlE TELEGRAM I has urged more and larger parks park and boulevards It was the first newspaper to fo fly the tile well known resident real resi slogan suggested by a dent of Df the city Make Hl Salt Lake the tha most beautiful city in the world In exploiting this idea it was inspired by the belief that the city should should be a good pla place e in which to live as well as a good place in which to do business worthy the love of and a source ot of oiz pride to all its own residents as well wen as asan asan asan an attraction to visit visitors rs Demanding that its it's outing places and beauty spots should belon belong to all the people and that that- they should be maintained maintained maintained main main- on high moral grounds it conducted conducted con ducted a successful campaign n against a proposal to sell liquor in Liberty park in lU in 1903 Partly as a result of THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S TELE TELE- GRAMS GRAM'S untiring efforts the City Council recently pass passed d an ordinance providing for the formation of a nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non partisan board of Park Commissioners under whose care and direction the city shall shan be beautified in accordance with a systematic plan A Preserver of Health Seeking always to safeguard it constantly constantly con against ill health it carried on ona ona a campaign for the vaccination of public public pub pub- lic lie school children This also was in inthe inthe the summer of 1903 when an epidemic of disease was believed to threaten Its words of warning were wore effective and the epidemic was averted THE TELEGRAM was the first to I call can Salt L Lake ke The leThe Skyscraper City In an extra edition November 30 1906 it gave the public the first information I of the plans of Mr Ir Samuel Newhouse to spend millions in the erection of huge office blocks Ko No less zealous zealous' has this pacer been in exploiting the resources of Utah and guarding the interests of the State at large Largely as a result of its demands demandt de- de mand mandt Utah made an exhibit of mining exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase exposition exposition exposition ex ex- position in St. St Louis which brought hundreds of thousands of dollars in returns returns returns re re- re- re turns to the State Stale In line also with its settled policy this this' paper conducted a successful campaign campaign cam cam- a against the consolidation of the University and the State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college by the last Legislature Through its editorials TIlE THE TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELEGRAM TELE TELE- GRAM pointed out that the enactment of this proposed legislation would have resulted in inestimable damage to the States State's States agricultural interests Relief Belief to the Suffering At all times THE TELEGRAM has been solicitous for the proper care of suffering Buffering humanity It had been heen in existence existence existence ex ex- only a few weeks when it went to the relief of little Bessie Knecht a poor girl who lay Jay many days in a state of coma without medical attention operating Co-operating with a sympathetic public it took the patient from a hovel to a hospital where the best of medical attention attention attention at at- was provided for her It also saved to an aged couple stricken by I poverty and physical infirmity their home when its loss was threatened Early in the present year rear this paper urged the necessity for a refuge for young girls who are without proper home en environments Its plea was answered answered answered an an- by bf Mr 1 Newhouse who contributed contributed contributed con con- the means for the establishment establishment establishment establish establish- ment of such an institution THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S achievements as a disseminator of news are too well welI known own to the public to demand an extended extended extended ex ex- ex- ex tended review Not only does docs it gather and print the news and all the news of the day dar as it promised in its initial issue it would do but it prints it first New Mark in Journalism Its enterprise in April f 1906 when San Francisco was stricken by earthquake earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake and fire lire established a new mark markin in Western journalism It gave t the e Utah public the first information information information in in- formation through early extra editions and supplemented i its s unparalleled news service by conducting a a. free tree information information t tion on bureau It sent a special staff correspondent to the scene of destruction forty hours in advance ance of any other Salt Lake Labe City newspaper It was the only newspaper in Utah to secure a complete te lits of the injured languishing in hospitals in San Fran cisco It took the initiative in in the blessed work of f sending relief from prosperous prosperous prosperous' Utah to 10 stricken California Throughout hout the progress of the Japanese Russo-Japanese war the public depended depended de largely on this paper for the most authentic news at the earliest possible possible pos pas sible moment THE TELEGRAM led all Its competitors competitors com in presenting details of the famous Thaw murder trial and the result result re re- sult suit of the jurys jury's deliberations first be bo- came known through an extra edition of this pa paper per The Street Car Strike The public depended also upon this paper for the complete news impartially impartially impartially ally presented of the street railway employees employees' strike in this city last April TIl TIn THE TELEGRAM I issued the first and ando o only ly creditable extra on the tho memorable Sunday on which th the stripe strike was at its height When peace had been restored representatives of both poth the company and the strikers publicly commended the course this paper had consistently followed These conditions were largely lamely a repetition of events a year previous when a similar strike had threatened When laborers in mines in Bingham went on strike a few months ago TIlE THE TELEGRAM was the only newspaper to send a astaff staff correspondent to the scene the strikers admitted this correspondent to their meetings to the exclusion of all other pa papers ers Gen J. J Franklin Bell Ben Chief of Staff of the United States army gave ave to a representative of THE TELEGRAM last Jul July the only dictated interview ho he had granted in his long career as as a military military officer William Wilham D D. D na Haywood wood recently acquitted acquitted ac ac- ac quitted of the murder of ex Steu- Steu of Idaho gave THE TELE GRAM an exclusive interview which attracted almost worldwide world comment In this he commented on the fine imposed imposed imposed im im- posed on the tho Standard Oil company in in Chicago the day Mr Haywood chanced to be bo in this city The Hill Climbing Contest One of the achievements of THE TIlE TELEGRAM this year was the direction of its its' First Annual Automobile Automobile Automo Automo- bile Hill Climbing Contest up the foothills foot foot- hills of the Wasatch mountains in June Another newspaper in this city had failed utterly in two att attempts to promote promote promote pro pro- mote a similar event Led by THE TELEGRAM a doz dozen n of the tho wealthiest business men of this city lent their ac ac- ac tive tivo support and and gave the finest collection tion o of lf trophies ever offered for such an ail event outside of Chicago The contest contest con con- test was prosecuted without accident and with such marked success as to elicit the praise of leading of of- the United States Two years a ago o THE TELEGRAM sent fourteen young oung women on a trip of pleasure and education through California California Cali Cali- fornia and and to the Portland expos exposition tion Early lD in the present month twenty of the most popular girls of Utah Wyom in ing and Idaho were THE TELE GRAMS GRAM'S guests guests' in hi a tour of natures nature's wonderland Yellowstone Kati National I al park pal Their selection election was was' made in voting contests contests con con- tests which attracted attention throughout throughout through through- out the West THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S achievements in the past are the best promise of its service service service ser ser- vice to the people in the future |