Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-28 | Page 4 | Know Utah

KNOW W UTAH 1 By ALBERT P. P PHILIPS f What about Valley Tan Tans What does docs It mean Who coined colucci the name These wore were questions which old timers old have often often- been asked A newspaper bearIng bearIng bearing bear bear- ing the title Valley Tan was the second paper tobe to tobe tobe be Issued in the territory Its office of ot publication was at Camp Flo Floyd d Funds for establishing the pa paper Pl- Pl per par came from an organization of printers headed by byKirk Kirk Anderson as its Hs editor Reason for the name was c explained by the editor thus Valley Tan Ten was first applied to the leather made in this territory in contradistinction to the imported article from the stat states s. s It gradually began to apply to every article produced in the territory and means in the strIctest sen sense home manufactured until It has entered am and become an indispensable word In Utah vernacular r and it will add a new word to the English language S S C Volume 2 number 3 of the paper contains the closing letter of Horace Greeley on his trip across the continent the summing up being on California A lengthy article on the Carson valley and the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed territory of Nevada follows and there Is a long editorial on the efforts of John Brown at Harpers Harper's Ferry Negotiations with Mexico national politics In Inthe Inthe inthe the east ast and the rapid growth of San Francisco is elaborated upon There is mention of an nn mule eight-mule team drawing silver sliver ore from Carson valle valley The proclamation of Governor Alfred Cumming Gumming convening the legislative assembly on the second Monday in December De De- cember 1850 appears as an advertisement A column is used to detail detal appears the richness richness' of the gold and silver find in the Washoe district Rogers and Ross announce In a quarter er column advertisement that they have the largest as assortment assortment as- as of ot dress goods while Miller Russell Co include in their announcement that in addition to dry goods they also carry liquors and groceries C. C A A. Perry Co announce they have received wagons and a n general stock of dr goods liquors boots boot and shoes harness and saddles addles which they will exchange for tor grain flour lour and country produce also large American mules fine lne American work cattle and a afine aline aline line fine Maltese Jack S C S Another advertisement reads Ho for America Weekly passenger line fare reduced improved Coaches leave Salt Lake Lae City for States every Friday morning for St. St Joseph Mo and Leavenworth Leavenworth Lea- Lea Kans Kansas hansas s. s Passengers at the reduced rate of Meals furnished at the different stations at reasonable rates No responsibility for baggage For p passage usage apply to Miller Russell Co S S S The V Valley Tan was published un until l the latter part of August 1859 when hen Stephen Dewolfe sold his interest interest interest inter inter- est to James Ferguson and Seth M. M Blair The They changed the name of the paper to the Mountaineer Ferguson was a fine writer while Blair was the first United st States tes attorney and had served with the Texas rangers under General Sam Houston The Mountaineer Mountaineer Mountaineer Moun Moun- was published until Camp Floyd was abandoned abandoned abandoned aban aban- when it ceased publication