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Show was increasing the number of people wno could and wanted -- to read. This factor, added to the increasing economic prosperity pros-perity of American Fork merchants, mer-chants, paved the way for the entrance of printed newspaper journalism into the history of American Fork. (to be continued) Robots Increase Plant's Output Industrial robots are increasing in-creasing productivity and profitability in die casting plants, and will have even greater future potential according ac-cording to J. M. Sutherland, robot product managor of AMF Versatran Division. Ths Versatran programmable program-mable automatic robot demonstrated dem-onstrated its capabilities in THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, THURSDAY, WO. !, 1970 History of the American Fork Citizen EDITORS NOTE: "History of the American Fork Citizen" is a continuing series of articles ar-ticles documenting the history of The Citizen, its predecessors and its competitors. The series is an abridged version of the Master's thesis of the same title, written by J. Paul Broadhead in partial fulfillment cf requirements for the Master of Arts degree in Communications, Brigham Young University. actual loading, unloading, transfer, and other production-type operations at the Die Casting Engineers' exhibition exhi-bition held recently at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. AMF robots are increasingly increas-ingly being employed by die casters of electrical, automotive, automo-tive, hardware, and other products, for production and economic reasons. Production can be boosted by a, much as 507r on a consistent, hw-by-hour basis, accompanied by increased quality and reced rejects. Able t operate around the clock, the robot permits fuller utrlvzation of costly capital equipment previously pre-viously idled for long priods by shortage of human kfeor. Do you ask to W tfct mm-panion mm-panion of aofetes? jarslf noble, and you sfcaH to. ll'v ''ill EES tion was the 'grapevine' (that is, mouth-to-ear over the neighbor's neigh-bor's fence)". . In the years between 1868 and 1900, the town grew to a population pop-ulation of approximately 3,300 people and "grapevine" communication com-munication became less effective. effec-tive. Besides, American Fork's tax-maintained school system By J. Pfl',1 Broadhead Tha history of formal newspaper news-paper journalism in American Fork saw crude beginnings in 1867-1868. That period saw mention men-tion of the town's first weekly newspaper. During the years between be-tween 1868 and 1303, seven weekly week-ly or bi-weekly newspapers unsuccessfully un-successfully tried to establish themselves in American Fork. It was not until the founding of the Citizen (by William D. I oveless) that the town was to have a "town paper" continuously published pub-lished for more than four years. American Fork's first known "weekly" was the American Fork Weekly Gazette. A first mention of that journal appeared in the March 11, 1868, edition of the Salt Lake Telegraph: "From American Fork, We are pleased to receive number 12 of the American Fork Weekly Gazette, Ga-zette, edited by Brother R. G. Eccles. It is published in neat (pen-and-ink) manuscript. Its pages are filled wiht instructive and interesting matter, compre hending the scientific, useful, and amusing, such as: An Essay on Astronomy'; Original poetry by J. Crystal; Local Items: Wit and Humor; and Various Selected Matter". The Gazette appeared amid the first "trickles" of what was to become a 20-year '"journalistic flood" raging down upon the rural communities of Utah: "Almost all Utah towns of the 1870's and 18 80' shad more newspapers news-papers than they could support and their journalistic history is ( 4 REBECCA LOVELESS an impossible tangle of editorial editor-ial alignments and ownerships." These "editorial Doodwaters" were most rampant in the towns of Utah County: "The County has had many newspapers, and has buried most of them. The Payson Chronicle, the Spanish Fork Press, the Springville Herald, and the Pleasant Plea-sant Grove Review . . . survive." It has been written that the relative isolation of the Utah country towns during the '70s and '80s forced the employment of rigorous methods of publication publica-tion for some journals: "Where no type was available, they (newspapers) (news-papers) were often issued as pen-and-ink manuscript, as theManti Herald, The Sandpitcher of Mount Pleasant, and the American Fork Weekly Gazette. When paper was lacking, the editors set up crude mills to convert rags (often the w WILLIAM LOVELESS paper was so dark it could scarcely be read) or printed on wrapping paper". It is interesting to note that all three above-mentioned journals appeared in 1867, at a time when news and its dissemination was important in the lives of the residents of remote communiites such as American Fork: ". . . Of course, out-of-state news was rather tardy, owing to the slow mode of travel over the plains. But, American Fork was more fortunate than some of the Utah towns, since the U.S. stagecoach with its mail and passengers stopped twice a week on its regular reg-ular route from Salt Lake City to the State Capitol at Fillmore. The small Deseret News, published pub-lished weekly, furnished some interesting in-teresting information, occasionally occasion-ally containing local news . . . the most satisfying communica- 1 ' - : j If f ; . i,. - . . v j " j f J ' C ' , - . J - ... ; 1 EARLY PRINTED WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS in American Fork were printed on an Army press (above). Roughly similar to a modern "proof-press", the Army Press was portable and was capable cap-able of reproducing only one page of printed material. The press was hand-powered. There is a strength in quiet endurance as significant of courage cour-age as the most daring feats of prowess. A man who has lived longest is not the man who has counted the most years, but he who has enjoyed life most. id 111 I1C 3IIC 1IT SPEGiAL S ftlE SHERBET L With MM OF 1 b L M I 16 PIECE BARN 1 Quart FREE SHERBET 12 PIECE BARN I Pint FREE SHERBET 8 PIECE BARN V2 Pint FREE SHERBET Order Your TIIAMUKIG PIES HOW McFaddens Delicious Cream or Double Crust PRICE $120 EACH 50c Deposit on Each Pie Required Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. - Sun. Nov. 19 - 20- 21 - 22 DEMY PBH1Y Phone 75C-321S 904 West Main American Fok "We chipped in on a three layer cake!" if h f r -ft1 GENTLE ELEGANCE hairstyle frames the face softly, gives flattering accent to put the perfect finishing touch on the elegant ladylike holiday hair styles. 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