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Show THE THURSDAY. JANUARY 7. 1937 SCN-ADVO- C A T E s PRICE, UTAH PACE THIRTEEN That was In Jams1 T yY fY v fY T Y Y Y T Y Y fY Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y fY Y Y t Y Y Y fY Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y f Y YEARS OLD TODAY 4--5 Birthdays are a good time to take stock of oneself. That goes for newspapers as well as for men. Lets pause for a moment and see how far weve come .... The first issue of Prices newspaper, known as The Eastern Utah Telegraph and edited by S. K. King, was printed 45 years ago this week. Copy was written by pencil and set by hand. There was no typewriter, telephone or linotype is in the office in those days. The present Sun-Advoca- News-Advoca- The Rhodes Meadows, three miles northeast of Price, arriving howling for admission to the union; infamous renegade Sitting Bull killed by bullet. here in March. run-awa- te L 1 The editor took care of the national outlook, too, in- forming his readers that. Europe is threatened by war Y Y Y Y J The ads were fascinating, too. The overland route offered fares as low as 5 cents a mile to Ferron. The newest Enger buggy was displayed as a model of neatness and design, the W. L. Douglas shoe sold for $3 per pair, Seely Bros, offered fine mill service at Castle Dale. E. S. Horsley announced that he was no doubt the best carpenter and builder in these parts. A. Ballinger had a monopoly on the law business, but ran an ad anyway. Eggs sold for twenty cents a dozen, butter for twenty-two- . Wheat could be obtained for $1.30 and potatoes for $1.10 per hundred pounds. first issue makes fascinating reading today. It is Then as now, the delinquent tax list contained the Main street names of some of the best people in town. was south of the railroad tracks, the main part of the preset ent city was considered seriously as good land for dry farm-! ing once it was cleared of sage brush. Price was located in Emery county, Castle Dale being the county seat, but local V I luminaries were already beginning to dislike this situation " I and talk was being heard of a nfcw county being formed. I clouds; the territories of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona are ... te like history written in the present tense. Local political partisanship played a heavy, part in editorial policy, several of the later Price papers having been started for no other reason. The Telegraph offered to put your name on its subscription list for 75 cents for three months, but in lieu of cash would accept almost anything to eat or drink. I Y Stories of local interest stated that J. M. Whitmore had opened a new' meat market as competition for Joseph Jones . . . prospects looked bright for a livery stable here A. . . . Caleb Rhodes brought in some honey Ballinger got his new buggy wrecked to smitherines in a y . . . Bishop Frandsen visited in Mt. Pleasant . . . The contract for the bridge over Miller creek has been let to Albert Bryner, Brig Mclntire and John Pace . . . Mrs. A. E. Gibson was a visitor in Salt Lake City. the result of a series of new ventures and consolidations of The Telegraph, .Eastern Utah Advocate, Carbon County and The Sun. News, - Y Y Y after the first few publications, the initial ad of the Price Trading company appeared, probably the citys The editor sagely wrote that Helper was a very poor name to give any town and suggested that the railroad change it as soon as possible if the settlement to the west could be expected to survive. Huntington was the only incorporated town in the county. oldest merchandising endeavor. Wines and liquors were advertised freely in the columns, some of which the printers no doubt took out in trade. Price considered itself pretty well in those days and perhaps rightly so, with a dentist, two saloons, two carpenters, two meat markets, one attorney, a newspaper, one doctor, two school teachers, two blacksmith shops, four general stores, a good opening for a saddler, five hundred people, and plenty of room. The towns first journalistic endeavor, however, shortly after nearly came to an end when an upset lamp caused more excitement in this office than a cash subscriber, caused a crowd to gather from which the devil added several new names to our list who up to then apparently didnt know we were in town. The first white persons to pass through this section were Jedediah Smith, William Ashley and Etienne Provost. The first settlers of the valley were Caleb Rhodes, Frederick E. Grames, and Charles W. Grames who left Salem, Utah, January 1, 1879, and settled at what was known as At the 45th milestone the management of this newspaper feels that Price is still the biggest little city in the country. We believe that these are good times to live in, and look forward to a future that will offer us opportunities for public service as yet unsuspected. Soon Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y v fY Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y s S i J M u t at t f fY UTAH Y v |