Show e valedictory OUR oun position as editor and bublis publisher ii er of tho the DESERET NEWS has not been beti so agreeable to us of late lato as in former years for reasons stated iler lier herein gln eln it Is nearly six years since vv we took the control of tile NEWS vS at that thai time and for years afterwards w za ra with mh brief exceptions we were able to bestow our almost exclusive cl clu ciu sive attention upon tile the paper and the business of the office but for some time past this has not been the case other duties have claimed our time and engrossed a considerable portion of our thoughts in the meantime the business connected with the DESERET NEWS office has gro grown wn to proportions which require the undivided care and rund attention of the responsible head besides the daily semiweekly semi weekly and weekly editions of the paper there are arc a book 1360 k and job office a bookbindery a type foundry and a paper mill connected with the establishment when properly managed these require a constant super we for some time back ha have havo vc found unable to bestow upon them and we have felt that to do full justice to the business it should be transferred to hands wherein it could receive the attention which its importance demands TO today day the entire business of the DESERET NEWS office its editorial nhai rial 1 publishing and business management has been transferred to elder david 0 calder he is well known to the great majority of our oui dens ders and ills his long residence ide ilce lice in the Terr territory itoM his familiarity with its aft ait affairs airs and his confidential intimacy with its leading citizens and especially with president brigham young his counsellors Coun and the twelve apo apostles s mark him as a most suitable man for the position of editor and publisher of the DESERET NEWS wo we bespeak for him the confidence the courtesy and the support which w we e have received from froin the pe people ople opie odthe of the territory and many friends elsewhere since w we occupied tills this position and trust that his relationships with the meaders readers and patrons of the NEWS nr vs will be as pleasant and satisfactory as ours have been we have not the shadow of a d doubt but bui that they will bo be we cannot close this article without ei pressing expressing our thanks to our readers and patrons for the cordial support which they have extended to the NEWS that th the DESERET NEWS under its new management a career of ed I 1 pros prosperity ap erity is the earnest wish of GE geo OEO 0 Q CANNON P 5 all communications business or r otherwise for the DESERET news NEWS will hereafter ae be addressed to DAVID 0 CALDER |