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Show 11 lm SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1958 Utah" County, Utah SUNDAY HERALD uares ncesTry era EJi i Y ears Back ' Newspaper History Presented in 'Connection With Grand Opening of Herald's New Plant and Offices - faewapers. Such newspapers historians as The Daily Herald this year celebrates its 85th anniCecil Alter, J M. Jensen and . J. versary. ! 1958 finds D. Anderson mako no menThe celebration Robert year And what cause for of" its with tion any Provo newspaper prior the, Herald in a brand new $200,000 building,and one 1873. to Yet there must have of its' in biggest staff, largest circulation ofhistory, one attempt to publeast at been its modern equipment of any daily the greatest arrays a local paper. The masthead lish size in the country. the Provo Herald in 1925 carWhen you visit the new Herald plant at 190 W. 4th N. of ried this line: 'Established as in Provo during our open house today, Monday night, or weekly 1856. . . " modern the of a see marvel many! you'll night, Tuesday Graham's Plan . er Dates'to newsmen of pioneer and in On Jan. v. th ed ed II' Loli' lL.:z. name-plat- e, c., tr: A'A y -- ii Tim' ii - 1 S -i-L m 2, 1909. After a change In ownerthe Herald dropped back to ship status. It resumed 11. THE PROVQ semi-weekl- y '" 11, " !" "'" ...uni..,.. iiH ljzuoanrj rani ER A$3&1 ti.nnil V,,. j, Advertiser, Enquirer Issued twice a week, the Advertiser's subscription expenses were borne by advertising patronage. The Advertiser came to an early demise in July 1876. d Mr. Sleater and Mr. McEwan weren't through yet. They launched the Utah County Enquirer, a July 4, 1876. On a grander scale than its predecessors, the . Enquirer was 17 by 23 inches, with 6 columns fi' tfll ,T 2? 4. Stout-hearte- j L semi-weekl- j i lJlUUlw.yjilUaww' T I.Sg!i!iKJi'iWaW!i! of y, width. ch Hard times continued. As 1877 progressed, the plagued Enquirer publishers ran appeals for subscribers to pay. . Advertising fell off. In late June Joseph McEwan severed .'connections with the paper. Sleater, now on his own, mounted an all-oeffort to build circulation but could muster only 290 subscribers as the last issue was published under his management mmm. Meadows Monuments, day's Herald rotary presses can Bullets Enter the Old print at the rate of 28,000 papers an hour.) After an epidemic of cattle Type was still set by hand at in Utah the Editor stealing County, Enquirer, however. LinoGraham recommended that "hot type machines had been introlead" be administered to the duced, in primitive form, in the thieves if they could be caught late 80s, but didn't make their in the act, regardless of law. Provo advent until later. Graham got himself into at Smoot President PIONEER NEWSMAN J ohn C. least 17 lawsuits as a result of In 1887 the paper was incorpoeditor and publisher 'of his sometimes pol- rated as a stock company with Graham, icy. No mention was ever made A. O. Smoot (father of Sen. Reed Utah County Equirer, who domi newspaper seen of his ever losing suit, says Smoot), elected president; Har- nated Provo three! decades. t Historian Anderson. vey H. Cluff, vice president; for nearly i Five ! CT over-vigoro- us , . A' e33 ut ly . r Mr it S-n- day - ii (To-Mounta- in j -- ' uiu " -- Her-ajU- on. six-citiz- en . coverage non-Morm- ly best-lookin- ly. semi-week- ly . Tri-Week- semi-weekl- y, .by---th- six-colu- ed tri-week- ly. o, another management change, and entered permanently the daily field April 17, 1922. 12. The Herald purchased the Provo Post in the spring of 1924, the final issue of the Post being ated May 9, 1924. M3. On 'March 16, 1925, "The Evening Herald became the name of the now only newspaper In Provo, supplanting the name, Provo Herald. 14. The Herald's ownership .changed for, the last time Sept. 14, 1926 when it was purchased James G. Scripps newspaper interests and the articles of incorporation were filed for thr Herald Corporation. (Today tlfcr paper is "a member of the Scripps League of Newspapers, of which E. W. Scripps is chairman of 'the board. ) 15 The . Provo Journal,, called a "successor to the Public Opinion and Progressive American," made its debut in Provo about Dec. .2, 1936, but did an early fadeout. Two or three other small papers have for brief made appearances v spans. The Daily Herald 16. The last change in name took place May 22, 1939 when the masthead read for the first time, "The Daily Herald." The Sunday is'i.e c:ntiHf as "The Herald." Since this last change the Herald has greatly expanded and influence its Utah County and Centhroughout ' . Utah.' tral f That's Provo's newspaper his-- t 's ry at a glance. The Daily genealogy is clear, tracing back 85 years. The merger with the Provo Post, successor to the Enquirer? welded the direct link with the first daily newspaper, the Times.A comprehensive Provo newspaper history cannot be present-- me!. , The paily Enquirer, greeted readers; 7. While the Enquirer's presses relied on and on, opposition newspapers came and went, among them the Provo Journal, the Provo American, Utah Valley Gazette, Provo City Press, Provo Dispatch,' and the Utonian. 8. The Utalr County Democrat, the newspaper of destiny in Pro-jbecame a new star on the Journalistic horizon with Volume 1, No. 1 published Aug. 31, 1898. then It was first a a 9. The demise of the Enquirer came in March 1907 when the paper was purchased by! the Post Publishing Company,, and the Provo Post made its debut as the Enquirer's successor March 7. Herald Makes Bow 10. The management of the Utah County Democrat changed the name to the Provo Herald April ? -- t, turned daily publication ed ' lMWii!irLiuD--sg.Jm- 1888. 6. The newspaper newly-complet- locally-manufactur- statehood anticipated soon (it didn't come until 1896), the name was changed to Utah Nov. 30, 1889 and a new I' - With 3,, f m- C. 1921 after mm v 4, 1876. y, : n it - ly mm J July John Graham, who dithe rected paper for nearly three decades, entered the scene, and with new management, the paper "changed its name to Territorial Enquirer in 1877. tri-week- i - ceased publica- semi-week-l- Jan. i j owners came out with the Utah 'County Advertiser, a w , whieh- lasted six months. 3. The, same two men established the Utah County Enquirer, a . n imp ahut 13, 1876. two of the four original tri-week- ii -- tion in December 1875. Enquirer Jan. st 3BE PBOYOfflfflar times, -- 2. The Times , J: j (Sept. 1, 1874.) 5. P j , 4. 0 . tri-week- ly. semi-weekl- r r. - - The steps in the evolution from the Times to the Herald of 1958 present an intriguing story that would fill a book. In a nutshell, they have been: 1. The Provo Daily Times published six days a week from Aug. 1. 1873 on til April 7, 1874 when The name it became a .was changed to. the Provo Times lor one .issue only, then. to the Provo Times, and finally to the Utah County Times - Sherman. For the Provo newspaper enterprise he formed a company with Oscar F. Lyons, three partners a native of Nauvoo, HI. who was a church leader and attorney; and "Robert T. McEwan and Joseph T. McEwan, brothers, who had come from a family of printers in Scot- ' actor-journali- printers. iy the Civil War on the Union side as a first sergeant with General i Provo's first newspaper of any consequence began publishing Aug.1 1, 1873a with a Washington hand press, scant collection of type which had to be set by hand, and a small Tri-Week- 1 ; 1873 Times staff .. V, X great-grand-dad- vo Daily Times. . 5 land. The four bought a Washington 1870 John C. Graham of Salt ms brief gpace The fol- - In ed hand press and launched what the high 0 represents lowjng 111 prominently identified turned out to be the Tl fi f! the of Provo Lake Salt with Herald, the today's Theater, began local journalism. It was written ' businessmen to with Provo confer Daily Times. after extensive research through a printing ofPublished, every evening except old- - newspaper files in possession on establishment of and fice newspaper. Sunday, the Times usually conof the Herald and the Provo PubIt is- said, that Brigha.n Young sisted of only four pages 13 by lic Library, and after careful refinches with 6 columns. Half erence to works of historians who approved the project, but stalled 15 r s " w ...... ritfr 4 y.. ; ::. dealt with any measure with Pro-vt- o Mr. Graham's participation. The of the front page of the first issue was called on a was devoted to advertising; half RECOGNIZE CENTER STREET? The Utah Countymg-on-come- r was replaced by Knight Block. Utah Coun- newspapers. mission for the LDS Church to his to news. Actually there was but Pioneer Town Democrat, immediate predecessor to the Herald, gained ty( Democrat was located for awhile about where the Provo was a. pioneer town of only native England a short time later. little news, as we think of it- today. in Provo newspaperdom on this street. We toehold a small building, east of the co-o- p, stands. It later moved consisted the "news" 2500; population when the Provo Before sailing, he advised his Rather, the for vouch of a'round this a doors was few east it can't but and to a First North address year picture finally Daily Times , was established in close friend, .Robert G. Sleater, mainly of official directories of or a little before the turn of the century. Big co-o- p buildthrived it name Provo where of under Herald. 1873. Utah County had only 9000 also of Salt Lake City, that Provo state, county and local officers, and small was "ripe" for a newspaper. inhabitants. literary contributions col-- : VV. small adobe building at 154 W. Company vhich had gone into The Territorial had 7 H. Dusenberry, John C. of "local intelligence." of items also a Mr. native towns smaller with several Sleater, Yet, , now an the site a on led urns for and of details drive the occupied by decay, execution Graham, S. K.! Thurman.iGeorge The home of the Times was a Center, Manti, St. George, England, had come to the United population of Store. Q. Wilkerson, Q Cory, and Joseph T. McEwan Randall's opera house. The Provo Theatre by firing squad . m 1 I'll m j. , "731 Mr. Sleater served as editor. Company Opera House was dedi- for a murder committed in d.rectors, and B. W. Driggs Jr. secretary-treasure- r. , Capital stock The staff included Prof. W. H. cated July 22, 1885 and Mr. Gra- Tintic. was Mr. $25,000. 'Manifesto' ham in role who title the the Graham, played Reported two Dusenberry and L. J. Nuttall, as the gen-moof first "The Streets "guiding presentation, men of letters, both serving part The paper covered the Mam-- 1 f!inutd and was the larSest stock-braggNew York." (The oper house later and other time. strikes,;15.. big gold It in " 1890 that "Provo is nolder One of the Times' biggest stories became the Provo Armory. i. im Tne first year's business iwas mmi cm, rrm rrrutv cities that first year was completion of was razed in favor of a parking now one of the best-lightA 10 per cent dividend was goocithe United States," supported the Utah Southern Railroad Com lot about three years ago.) saraw? Mr. . Graham also became a temperance movements against declared; 20 per cent went to pany tracks into Provo. The first the and 20 per cent 3 1 official train reached Provo ISiov. member of the Provo City Coun- the five saloons of Provo and was reserve fund, to the credit of real placed relatively small 1873, 25, frightening teams of cil, entered state politics, became coveredthe (with estatc and accounts. machinery of Church's Manifesto horses which carried folks in postmaster for awhile, and domi- play) this ' the 1890 During period which declared Enquirer i wagons and buggies to witness the nated many a drive for growth Septemberthe end of - was campaigning vigorously .for marofficially plural spectacle. The people held a cele- and improvement in Provo and riage. I'statchpod. Graham thought it Utah Valley. bration. " , -r , ' mi Woolen mi "i The Provo Mills ( and was imminent, and changed the ,,..,l-f.1" Criticized Grant The paper wasn't established in name from Territorial In- -, Paper's ' MWMBWMMitiiSlSM'.'a.l'W um.mm. w,iWtD Times and Enquirer editorials Zions CooDerative Mercantile time to print another big story of 11111111 to Utah Enquirer Jan. .aiWd83i1t Enquirer, stitution were among the prin that year 1888production of the crusaded for a state mental hosThe 3' PaPer was enlarged advertisers. Patent medifirst cloth in the pital in Provo (which the com- cipal at ims oy incnes. erne advertising was running . Provo Woolen Mills in June. munity received), for location of rampant. 1 30 1889 On Nov. the publica- in this line Mr. Sleater and partners found the state capital here, and for re-- " from "Dr. Everything tion turned daily. The Daily EnSteinhart's Manhood the going exceedingly rough, fi- duction in taxes. They criticized Restorer" to a format quirer was of Blood Purfiy-in- g 17 by 23 inches. Publication of nancially. Money was scarce; the Ulysses S. Grant administra"Vegetable for unfulfilled some folks paid for their sub- tion campaign Pill" was offered for sale, the Utah Enquirer as a semi-weekr-- " ti ; the in called Gov. territorial ;;y,..produce greater pledges, continued scriptions notes Historian Anderson. transB. was Samuel f a business Axtell the and part "bungler Tit ii hi iw imi New Building: im in Early in 1890 the Enquirer was "" ; naryp cm, etas acted in local scrip of fluctuating slanderer," and fought Postmastt.. vLtz h: In about 1884 the Territorial reorganized with W. H Cluff as value; the economy seemed to er L. J. Kenny on grounds of hold- Enquirer moved from the origi- - president and David John as 1 ... " nil Ml JMIIMI, ( jgl'HI'nllIS,'"ltll' ing the mails. A new trendTthe naljocation at 154 W. Center t ViCe president: VtMMnMMMltt yJWCTfcl-fc- . slip into a mild depression. Mtx,,, eight-hou- r work day, met oppo- 24 N. 1st Turns Republican.! Daily Discontinued where Mr. Graham W, sition a from the didn't Conditions The era of the "party press" daily justify Enquirer. constructed "a fine brick build- On During much of the Enquir- ing." As the paper expanded, was in full swing in America, paper, the owners decided. Tuesday, April 7, 1874, publication er's tenure, and particularly in additional space was rented in 1" 1891 the Enquirer entered the For the late 70's, the paper carried the basement of the adjacent national political camp of the was changed to was name one the Republicans, when the purely that chang- on a runnings battle with the opera house. day territorial Tribune of in Salt to but the The Lake City which Provo Times, ed simply parties were dissolved, paper' gained quality on greater interest it From then called News and influence. The Deseret masthead read, Provo bitterly w in as national and inter-'- It taken Times, starting with the next issue. The Tribune, on the other hand, commented about the Enquirer: national : g events, with the accent is . . one of the Financial t r o u b 1 es continued. called the Enquirer "priesthood-controlled- " on politics. which Graham vig- papers in the Territory . . ." Aug. 2, 1874 a joint stock company, At the height of its circulation, Ga-- ! Gate Golden denied. San Francisco orously called Utah County Printing and The zette said: ". . . the Territorial the Enquirer employed 21 work- Publishing Company, was formed educationEnquirer campaigned forand lashed out at ju- Enquirer has recently discarded ers. Counting the semi-weekl- y. to increase capital. The paper which the same tim took a new name, Utah County vtnile delinquency. The Territo- - its 'patent outside' and now looks as the operated Mr. Daily Enquirer, rial was sure that some Provo as pretty as a girl of sweet times, on Sept. 1. on 13) (Continued Page was going to be killed by, teen." : t Late in December 1875 the Times j a tnmitnTig ; m.' i t uwayn mjj n April 26, 1887 the- - paper of young men who drove group ceased publication. "A town Hand too around advertised: Washington furiously in Mr. Lyons and Robert T. Mc- their ,:tff..,Mimt.,,it:,MWtwwtWt Press for sale cheap." That buggies." Ewan, two of the original partJohn D. Lee Trial could have meant only one thing: ners, dropped out of the picture, Crime news got big play con- A new press! apparently, at this point. A Page 1 "ear" of the paper siderably more than in most 1 But Mr. Sleater and Joseph T. nowspapers today. The 1877 Utah in December 1889 proclaimed: ! . , 1 ; .. . On County McEwan were determined. was run filled for, by Enquirer (Enquirer) are Jan 13, 1876, the Utah County weeks with the trial of John D steam power." That meant a Advertiser, believed published un- Lee convicted for his role v in big advancement over the hand-pres- s der their direction, appeared, on the Mountain Meadows Massa era when the paper could, the scene, according to Anderson's cre. The Enquirer of March 24, with good luck and no break- "History of the Provo ' Times and 1877 had this banner: "Execu - downs, barely manage to print H3l ' tion of John D. Lee . . . at the 200 or 250 papers an hour. Enquirer." n The wirephoto machine, the new engraver, uie teletype machines, the battery of seven linotypes, and big rotary these are a far tubular, press cry from the facilities of the Herald's great arfcester the Pro-- , r The I 1 ' newspaper age. bcan-A-aiz- WE WflSWW had States early in life and fought In and others Mt. Pleasant By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN limes ji-- f I iiiiiiiatOTEwwa. " v rv v 1111 sxx' ' - t Of a mill u in mCr EVOLUTION OF A NEWSPAKEli iSAMiikLA,ii'iv--jiere are pnotostaca 01 important nameplates in Herald's newspaper ancestry. Provo Daily Times (top) was first Provo paper and photostat,, obtained through courtesy of Provo Public Library is Vol. 1, No. 1, the first issue published Aug.! 1, 1873. The Times' successor, the En-- ., j quirer, had various variations of nameplates and the Provo Post finally1 purchased the Enquirer in 1907. Meantime the Uta h 'County Democrat was organized in 1898 and changed its name to the Provo Herald in 1909. The Herald purchased the Post, changed its name to the Evening Herald sometime after the merger, and finally in 1939 became The Daily Herald. ; Sept. 5, 1877. Mr. Graham had By this time returned from his mission to Engas land and he was still fired-u-p to Provo's newspaper potentialities. Newspaper work was in his blood. One of the first. in England to accept the Mormon faith, he started in newspaper, work at 18, working for the LDS publication, Millennial Star, in Liverpool. ,. Bold Entry Mr. Graham as the new man at the helm of Provo newspaperdom, made his entry boldly. He changed the name to "Territorial Enquirer, departmentalized the news, built up the advertising volume, and spearheaded a drive which brought circulation from 290 in 1877 to 2000 in July 1884. His appearance, in fact seemed to give ail of Provo a "shot in the arm as well as the newspaper. A master actor, he soon revived the Provo Amateur Dramatic " t fa. --' i 4 J ti i t; J of :l 4 r - the STAFF OF THE DEMOCRAT The date of this picture was around 1907-on Center where Lemecrat the Street, place, the shop of the old UtalTCouiityD east moved was on the 'further .A time short later now paper stands. Uinta Theater to which the Herald, operated the same street and after that the name was changed Tn Sam rwlinfn Hlvde shon' Leavitt. fore. frnm Singleton. nrp r lpft t?;. vryVi t x 11 w. via ah " j j a transient print-man, Orval Singleton, Arthur Malan, Wesley Robey (foreground), er, ana Ai uain. 8; - KJ1X X |