| Show Newspapers of ot Utah furnished the theme for tOI conversation among a a. party larty of at who became reminiscent at a little gathering gathering- on Tuesday Up to 1858 the News was the ani only newspaper printed In Utah Then Ihen a second paper was established The News printers were Vere like a a. happy family Money was scarce in the early da days s 's and when from the country came an individual who desired the paper but who was shy of funds and had hadan hadan hadan an oversupply of butter eggs egg or flour he applied the same sam to a subscription and the consignment was divided dl around among the em em- The feature of ot the year was the annual ball given by the printers in the old Social hall It was a function that brought out the society of pf Salt Lal Lake e. e And what a good time was had at those balls balls' The dance would begin at 7 o'clock in the evening would continue until midnight when re refreshments refreshments refreshments re- re would be served the recess being lor for half halt an hour and then the dance would proceed to around 4 o'clock In the morning It was on November No 5 G 1858 when the second newspaper made its appearance in Salt Lal Lake e. e It was a rabid Mormon anti paper and It carried a peculiar name Valley V Tan The name was obtained ob obtained ob- ob tamed from a leather which was produced in Utah and differed from tram the Imported leather The paper h had d its origin in Camp Floyd there being a n number of practical printers print print- ers among the soldiers quartered inthe in inthe inthe the camp They formed a corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion or rather an association for tor forthe forthe the publication n of a paper paper- and Kirk Anderson was its Us editor He had the reputation of being the homeliest man in the mountain country but he could write and he did PUBLISHED WEEKLY The paper papel was a weekly and it was published until August 21 1859 when whim it was purchased by James Ferguson who became its editor and by Seth M. M Blair who was the first United States district attorney for fOl the territory of of ot Utah and the name of ot the paper was changed to the Mountaineer The rhe paper was well edited as Ferguson was a brilliant writer The paper was published for tor about two years when Camp Floyd was abandoned and a a. suspension of ot the Mountaineer Mountaineer Moun Moun- followed Of Ot the paper there is perhaps a copy in the library li library library li- li of the church and outside of ot that Walter Valter Meeks of Salt Lake has the only copy Then came the Vidette which made its app appearance arance on the mornIng mornIng morning morn- morn Ing of November 20 1863 It was wasa a dall daily paper and the first daily paper ever printed In the Rocky mountains Like the Valley VaHey Tar Tan and the Mountaineer It had Its origin with the soldiers then stationed stationed sta sta- toned in Utah the paper being printed at Ft Douglas and edited by soldiers under G General Connors Connor s command Later it was moved from the fort down to the city and its publication was continued until 1864 when it went the the way of Its predecessors It was was w on July 24 1864 that there appeared the first issue of the Salt Lake Dally Daily Telegraph with T. T H. H B. B Stenhouse as its editor The paper was apparently successful right from the first issue Editor I Stenhouse was a newspaper man and he knew what news was The Civil war was at its height and the people ere anxious for tor the news The overland telegraph had been completed to Salt Lake in October 1862 and the Dally Daily Telegraph was thus enabled to furnish a brief pony report by wire Two men In the persons of ot John Jacques and James McKnight assisted Mr MI Stenhouse Stenhouse Stenhouse Sten Sten- house in the editorial department The The business business manager of at the Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph was the late T. T G G. Weber who subsequently became the general general general gen gen- eral superintendent of at the Z C. C M M. I. I The publication of a semiweekly semiweekly semi semi- weekly edition of ot the Telegraph I wa va wa commenced on October 8 1864 It was wa-s early in 1869 that the paper was moved to Ogden and after alter a afew afew afew few Issues there the paper was compelled to suspend and Ogden was without a newspaper Completion of ot the Pacific rail ralI- roads was the cause for tor the suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension of the Telegraph had a remarkable run but the corn corning com i Ing of the railroad which too took away a large part of at the patrons of the Telegraph caused It to be become become become be- be come stranded |
