Show IDAHO STATE JOURNAL THE HERALD JOURNAL MARCH 31 2001 SATURDAY ' ' A little history son of the late LDS apostle Parley P Pratt for $100 On Sept 17 1879 the new owners established their own ' newspaper in Logan and called it the Logan Leader The paper ' contained advertisements for local businesses a directory of county and city officials patented stories essays and articles and recipes as well as national advertisements A Logan newspaper is bom of partisan i t On Nov 22 1879 By Arrin Brunson Logan Herald journal Like most newspapers that have survived syndication the Logan Herald Journal's roots can be traced back over 100 years The history of Cache Valley has been recorded in — and sometimes made by — its newspapers Predecessors of today’s Herald Journal have informed readers about events ranging from Utah's statehood to the LDS Church's departure from polygamy to an earthquake and floods in Cache Valley to disputes over water fluoridation and electrical power plants The many changes in philosophy ownership design and name in local newspapers have always been dedicated to a desire to provide greater service to Loganand Cache Valley Cache Valley's first newspa--pe- r Northern Light was published half in Danish and half in English beginning on May 16 1879 Prior to that the tracks of the Utah & Northern 'Railroad linked Cache Valley to the Wasatch Front where the Ogden Junction carried local news and advertise- ments Instead of competing with Northern Light the Junction Printing Association which owned the Ogden Junction purchased Cache Valley's paper from Abinadi Pratt :ATTOIKTDF tewcimuEs IlfSGDHPLilll sfwS: a i sv mm r-- 1EI0UIEES I S POLICE ! ? Logan Journal Purchased By Daily Herald By Joy S Morrison l'l)i S'ili' Jiumiiil In an era of intense local comnewspetition among start-u- p papers it was important to convey to readers a sense of IMS a i y ‘ Rocky beginning 5lJ‘W the Ogden Junction said of the new publication "The Leader is well spoken of by everybody The only complaint we hear is that it ought to come out often-e- r at least twice a week" But the Logan Leader was not without problems Fpr ex-- ’ ample a story printed on April 15 1881 addressed delivery ' complications "We are very sorry to learn that our Ttenton subscribers do not get their papers regularly As we understand the whole package is delivered to any person fromTVenton who ’ calls for it Thus the delivery to the proper parties is a mat- ter subject to his inclination or convenience the Leader said “We shall hereafter wrap each paper separately and direct all ' to 'Denton via Weston Thus each subscriber will get his own paper and no one else's ' when calling or sending to the Weston post office By the way if an effort were made we think "Denton might obtain a post office In 1882 the Leader's name was changed to the Utah Journal and more local focus came in 1886 when the name was changed to Logan Journal Additional equipment was installed in a new plant and The Journal was issued as a y The Journal pub- lished the first illustration ' printed in a Cache Valley newspaper A photo was taken of the newly completed LDS Temple and an artist was commissioned to make an engrav- e ing from the photo The appeared in' the special supplement to the Journal politics Idaho State Journal boasts more than a century of service to southeast Idaho JOURNAL Daily Hmld 5 LOGIN NEWSPAPERS MERGE semi-weekl- pic-tor- stability 'Pocatello is our home We have come to stay wrote George N Ifft when he moved here from Salt Lake City Utah in 1892 as one of three owners of the local newspaper The Ifft family and later partnerships followed through on the promise The paper was here to stay Three generations of George Ifft's family including his son Omrft hr Otekhg f'JjtSi y ' y 'i: ' - i- MTOtRW museum published on May 17 1884 marking the temple's first dedication and grandson kept the promise operating the Pocatello Tribune and then the Idaho State Journal for a century ” IK BUTE Party lines Cache Valley history played an important part in what happened to the newspaper industry in 1890 when the Territorial Assembly passed a body of legislation The Mormon Church abandoned the practice of plural marriage with-- ' in the United States and the church's political arm the People's Party was disbanded Ail-- : herenis were advised to divide along national party lines: Republican and Democrats The Journal supported the Democratic Party and in 1 891 The Logan Nation was estab-- ' lished in opposition as the valley's Republican representative The Nation ran for three months as a daily while both newspapers 'Advance be--' ' came the Dihune and was published in a building opposite the Pocatello House on East Center Street and South Second Avenue Shortly after that the building was destroyed by a fire that swept the east side after the fire About two young men Eldridge and Hardy (first names unknown) LOGAN HISTORY Page 10 The senior Ifft was more than just a newspaper publisher he was also regarded as a political force in Idaho and nationally He played a major role in the edrly rise of US Sen - William E Borah of Idaho (the namesake for Mount Borah the tallest peak in the state) In ' 1905 Ifft was appointed by George N Ifft upon moving here from Salt Lake City in 1892 as one of three new owners of the local newspaper first-clas- then-Preside- Teddy Roosevelt to the US Consular Service He kept his interest in the newspaper even though he was in the foreign service for the next 25 years Upon re- tirement he re-turned to the Pocatello Tribune and wrote editorials He also penned a column ’Here We Have Idaho A familiar scene in the newsroom during his senior years was the dignified bearded consul with his favorite dog always by his feet The newspaper has had nine locations in its lengthy history ranging from the back Sm ISJ HISTORY Page 11 If s- -' $ ' PnnProfahtt Prowess v ' More than a publisher "Pocatello Is our home We have come to stay' Before (he lffts arrived on the scene the first issue of what would become the Idaho State Journal hit the streets Aug 14 1890 two years before the Legislature made Pocatello s a city It was a political paper called Advance In 1892 the operated under an editorial policy that was violently partisan The Nation destroyed the Ligan Journal's profit marginand on Jan 1 1892 Editor RAV Sloan a Democrat called it quits and an- nounced the sale of the Journal Of Sloan's departure Editor Harry E Baker a Republican 'Sloan wrote in has sheathed his pen lie departs As indignant Koine sick with- Lite treachery of dastard Caroline spewed him out so Logan rent with striving fac- lions torn' with brotherly hate and lacerated with savage resentments has at last with the aid of his disgusted party risen up and lorn the viper from its bowels The Nation's editorial columns were equally controversial For example in November 1893 the paper sug-S- who operated the Montpelier newspaper mdved their plant to Pocatello and revived the Tribune: They published only a few months and then sold the newspaper to Ifft who worked as reporter and Salt Lake Gty businessmen William Wallin advertising man and printer and C H Femstermaker typesetter They published their first edition Jan 1 fB93 1 V-- n i i i -- gj GS? p: v sy Hie Do It AIL ' v - 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