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Show D.U.P.HEARS HISTORY OF LOCAL PAPER By A. G. Johnson The following is a history of the Springville paper which was given at the meeting of the D. U. P., Camp Spring Creek, as part of their lesson, last Thursday, and reveals some interesting data in regard to the progress of the town paper and the various names under un-der which it has been published. The Springville Independent was founded in 1891 by George Saunders Saun-ders and John Mix, printers and publishers, whose original homes cannot be ascertained. After operating op-erating the plant for about one year in an adobie building just north of the Third ward church, they sold the business to Don C. Johnson, who published the paper until 1895. During this period he was assisted at different times by Moses Johnson, Wayne Johnson, D. C. Johnson, Jr., and the wife of the editor, Lydia M. Johnson. The plant was also housed in the basement base-ment of the Springville bank building and in an old home on the corner now occupied by France's Cafe. In 1895 the business was sold to David P. Felt of Salt Lake City, who edited the paper for about two years, when it was leased to William F. Gibson and other lessees les-sees until 1903, at which time it was bought by Don C. Johnson and son, A. G. Johnson. At this time in The Independent's history, the plant was operating in a building build-ing where W. E. Dunn's garage now stands. In 1906 the new owners own-ers erected a building just north and adjoining Kelly's drug store, now the City Drug. This building and all equipment, with the drug store, was destroyed by fire in 1 1924. Two years before the fire the paper was sold to Gaisford & Son of American Fork and the name changed to The Beacon. After Af-ter two years the Provo Herald took over with Thome Miner as editor and the paper was printed on the Provo Herald press, and named Springville Herald. Nephi Hicks of Provo followed Mr. Miner Min-er as editor until Harrison Conov-er Conov-er became editor in 1934, and purchased pur-chased the paper from the Provo Herald in 1939, and began the publishing of the weekly again in Springville. |