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Show 1 Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Issue Wednesday, November 9, 1988 Roosevelt, Utah 80 years of living history Twelve newspapers have been involved in development of the great Uintah Basin Your ' Newspaper Hie Eyea, Ear II i story. a Living improvement of social relationand Voice ' ships. of the Community it Serves. Althouth the Uintah Basin Standard ia now in its 75th year of continuous publication in Roosevelt, newspapers have for nearly 80 yeara been a vital part of every hou aehold in the Uintah Basin, having contributed greatly to development of communities, and that And research indicates the Standard could actually claim 80 years of continuous publication. Although the original Uinta Standard, established in 1909, was merged in 1910 to become part of die Duchesne Record, it was the ownership of the Record that again the 1905, and homesteads began to be recorded. There were very few homesites actually established tion. that year, however, with the first By reviewing the history of real influx beginning in 1906. At that time little communinewspapers of the Uintah Basin, ties began forming in the center of one can readily see the importance each group of homesteads, with placed on this mode of communication by those who first settled homes, schools and churches the first order of business. newly opened reservation lands. Within two years, however, The lands wane first opened in the first newspaper was established in this new territory. In 1908, with still only a handful of homes and businesses located within Myton, a newspaper came into being. It was the Uintah Chieftain. The paper could not have been envisioned as a fountain of ' great financial wealth, since only a few businesses could be looked to for advertising support. But a need was recognised,, and steps taken to fill that need, often at great sacrifice and little recom- PRESENT STANDARD BUELDINGThis building on South Main Street in Roosevelt has housed the Uintah Basin Standard for the past 16 years. The front section includes editorial and composition web press and newsprint storage occupy die rear section. space, while the four-un- it Chtt.tr sacrifice and little recompense. . combined effort could be more advantageous, and perhaps So, in May, 1910, the three were combined, and the single paper was published in Myton. The process of naming a new consolidated paper was evidently a complicated one. They first announced that the name of the single publication would be the Uinta Record. After reconsiders- tion it was decided to retain the name of one of the individual papers, rather than the combination that would have recognized all three names (Uinta Standard, imn. 4.-- ' Ce Tpttf taken to fill that need, often at great INI. nno.v . Those who founded that first paper probably realized the need to provide a cohesive force,' an identity, a pride and self esteem to a random group of settlers that had one tiling in common-ti- ie desire, to establish a new home 'and community ofwhich-the- y could be proud. Then, within another year, two additional papers were established. In 1909, the Duchesne Record imii i. ii 1 tn. 7 jrrt . . ca 7??. ' fa r - y' . . J Am 4- i -- S'C CMl- (Zt . JP-- - &eS . r -- COMPUTERIZED COMPOS ITION-Sho- wn operating some of the computer equipment that now is produces all type for the Standard, Craig Ashby, publisher, while Bonnie Parrish, typesetter, and Garin Ashby, former publisher, look on. Hie new system was installed in January this year. JccCcjZ xp ML tf-v- 6 y - A CHALLENGE-Th- is item, printed on the front page of the Roosevelt Standard July 2, 1931, carries a message that could well CL Continued on page 12 Wi 'f ft utr-- . idictawliMii. J&- mi the fortinUi aaaa in tk retire United State ar ia lack As paint af the dapmaaianh the Uintah Baain Wlua the i the Moon Lake water atatoao project, which will tadin bus dwda of Uintah Baain citiraur wark.lt will pi ace a arch as wa am aaporiaaclns tbia aw lav. Now Baa I ttU you why! Laat jC apply to the Basin today. The pages of the papers of the Basin have continually expressed a spirit of optimism. CheerUp, Basin Folks & 4- - banks of the Duchesne River. This was the year 1910, and each of the three communities involved probably had little more than 300 residents. But they had learned a lesson. By combining efforts, and fay including the smaller communities that were growing throughout the Basin,-thpaper could serve a combined population of nearly 2,000. Each community had a separate identity, however, and they still missed their own paper. twodifferent references found in pages of the Record, a new paper, called the Uintaland, began publication in Duchesne (or Theodore) in June, 1911. How long it existed, or to what extent it was successful, is not known since no issues are available, and no one seems to remember its existence. A story in the Record, however, did acknowledge that at least one issue was published, and the Record wished them luck. Basically, however, the one paper served the area well for several years, until in 1914 the Roosevelt Standard was formed. It was evidently owned completely or in part by the owners of the Duchesne Record in Myton, since publishers listed in the papers were the same, and a person could purchase a combined subscription to the two papers. In January, 1915, the same month that Duchesne County became an entity, more changes were made in newspaperingin the new county. The Duchesne Record printing plant was sold to a new corporation, the Myton Free Press. The Roosevelt Standard was incorporated, with no connection to the other papers, and the Duchesne Record moved its operation back to the city of Duchesne, and was incorporated there. The Myton Free Press then began publication in April, 1915. For approximately 14 years there were three papers in Duchesne County, until some time in 1928 or 1929 (the exact date is not known since files are not avail- -' able), when the Myton Free Press ceased publication. In the meantime, in September, 1921 the -- C 6 W-- Uintah Chieftain and Duchesne Record). The reason given for the change was that they felt a need to recognize the "mighty steam (Duchesne River), which flowed through the area. It should be remembered that at that time there was not a community of Duchesne, and the name Duchesne Record could apply equally well to communities of Theodore and Myton, both located on the "...a need was recognized, and steps . h HUNl.liu t XKWH.mii Fiotmi rm.tM . . pense.1 THE UINTAH CHIEFTAIN, began a similar effort in Theodore Cater Duchesne), and the Uinta Standard started in Roosevelt One thing became evident almost immediately, however. That was the fact that economic factors do control nearly every venture. By 1910 those involved in publishing the three papers, one at Roosevelt, one at Myton, and one at Duchesne, could see that a Standard in 1914, as the Roosevelt Standard. So in essence, the Standard never did cease publica- July 2, 1931 visit ' , Bat ia loft to aaaaroBw factory ferae iathei i ahaptical, juat giro him tto sold ahouldar, unlaw j to net tom to aaa yaw way, tacaaaa this jab af patting n Mnr factory h aocaowhat hard and workers ann not rtaaad far any Anaaa. Whan factory moating hoa cto lad to year locality, pat ia and aaa that a crowd tnraa ant hart rornorahor a factory wiBhoty you hear of a sdaon roam of ymw bad aftaK land and pirn you and the entire brain car of tho boat pay uBa that can ho had- - Wort for a avar foo-or- y Uintah PowwB Light aanqpany baa aocarad. tbraapb And yna wJ icgotit Now the loot biy brack, bat not the laat-T- W tka untn offMta of CbuffaMaMB DUa Bb Caltaa, Saaalar WiKaaa H. Kiat and aficora of the (aid oaapaay, paaaaiMiaa to aatoio and lengthen their canal, which to baa wiB iwe th tm adRoaat awtar to iaueace their plied ia U bdab eeayaa to a Icedt pleat iaUaed ef oubl The coct of mavliiirtina baa act pat baca dilaraiiaaA bat wfll powol hwai ton tboaaaad doBara Work an tbia project aril bo atwtad in the very near totiaa and wil giao work to a a iwtbar af hawO cmcaa. a ia aaj al af Aahley Yalay. Who aoya Bwt th & Light company will bo abb to to tho wheel aaB b petal of Bwaopreieeto ewer jwtroieotohar yea i folk a to sot yaw tab Bndn will not grow? Mian have gotthoHaandeof doBan Bad up to fight sad figbt bard to aavotbaaa bard aacaoddaiwa aor i. o y ZK. In -- e -- t ' . . 0 accompanying letter was mailed following FIRST EDITION-T- he issue of the Uintah Chieftain in Myton. first the of the publication This editionmarks the firstpaper that was printedin the area opened for settlement in the reservation. , mb I (to |