Show YOUR HOME PAYER PAPER tho the many people in rane coun k ty who are interested in collecting and preserving local history will be delighted to read the th article below on the town paper Y bittan by will dobson who did the fihs part while living in kanab to T establish ft paper here her dobson jig now associate editor of the th N D A independent public published hed at salt lake city where when many interesting articles be writes appears ap peare THE KANAB before beginning this attempt to lo recall the beginning of karabi newspaper I 1 must contess cone bt abat I 1 can remember neither names nam nor atea tc I 1 have hare kubej it at them ond nd they ther may all be b wrong it so 0 o 1 I 1 ask that those with better mem orles cries supply the correct dtta data uy my memory go 10 buck back further thain the beginning it tips tb present dp depression it was wa probably in ako tko th 1000 that a printer and am his lit wife family and an oll oil style tyl amy army pie pir about 10 ot at news pitr type a few cases caie of joli job type ird ard a can cam of news ink wr were un ua loaded into a vacant house hour la in ka tab cb I 1 boiler believe th the man mails aan crow it it I 1 ask aik his hi Ihl flon anyhow be asil and his wife put rut the kanab clipper a felir page mews newspaper pAper with one page pac of horn home print irmay it may have hare been abolt i a year later inter that mr crow sold cold out to albert B R stewart ih then county countr dork clerk bert kept the paper long lone enough to become a proficient typesetter then sold cold to heber haber P crom mr and bd mrs mn cram rn ran the dever until the spring of at 1901 1009 and sold old it to J 0 spencer and will dobson two tw students tu dente of the kanab high school theme two when they were tint first approached with tho the proposition of buying the shi paper were doubtful about th the wisdom of giving up their chance of an education dut but when they tried to make enough to tat eat and wear out of their newspaper they found that their education was jut just beginning not realizing tui thi inid of the typo trpe supply apply and tho the many hours houra required in getting result realta with such crude equip anent they decided to print all four pages at home another new feature decided on WM was on an editorial column finding rin ding the type ou crusted with old hardened ink the accumulation of years they emptied all the cases cased news new and display to kether gether in one hopeless mixture into ft a tub of lye water thorough washing and rinsing made it look almost now new the cases case too were all cleaned and repaired but when the job of putting the right type back in the right box ot of the right came caie was wan tackled grief be fan can the now new owners owner tell the th bs b ds d ps P and qs dl alpart to save their souls loula neither could they tell the different styles of display type apart until it WM was rt met up and they saw aw the difference on the printed page they had only the harlest ideas its to typo type distribution they struggled with the job three days day and nights nighta before they were ready to set net aws items and articles for their tint first paper I 1 in a sermon ermol reported in their tint first issue liu god was wai spelled bob gop gap and GOV flog oth othen words using W b id d lal p or IQ a were an badly mixed being short on IV and os B the abe now typesetters wr were forced to substitute ti st and Js JB in part of their news new items sale WM was spelled saje syll able ble was w spelled belled and mcallister McAll later was wa Mc mcalster AMster all 1 ot of which was wa most jou jolla and got effot them more lau 9 its than did their regular J joko ke column A correspondent was engaged for each of the other towns of the county as a wll wall as a fredonia and moccasin Mocca aln arizona Ar liona As Is always the case in ia horn home town papers you could always tell the ilse of the town reported by the length of its news new column the smaller the town the longer and more interesting te its news report A A few subscriptions and advertising ver bills were paid in cash but the bulk of them were settled bottled in commodities services or coupons of the local stores nothing was ever refused there was always some way of disposing of it figuring these way out probably developed more brain power than writing editorials kren the rankest pound of butter offered was not ft a total low loan it esq wa made into soap r dried peaches apples pears and plums home curved raising fresh fruits watermelons water melons cantaloupes butter nour flour grain hay firewood orders order on the tithing ing office all were given atad and all were welcome most moat people gave their best A few found the newspaper a good place to get r rid id of culls it Is possible they over paid at that home town papers are not allowed to print any real news as ai it would hurt som so miles feelings and alienate him and all of 01 life hafl friends lendi rr experience taught the two young journalists to beware of printing items volunteered by help ul fill townsmen without rigid investigation its many such euch tips proved to be loaded with dynamite A number of very high minded clil citizens zens looked on the newspaper columns a a good medium tor for taking whacks altheir at their enemies two this at first garetha ga rethe paper some bad minutes but for the most part people abiol absolved veil the owners no doubt realizing their inexperience in 1904 J 0 spencer sold hla his interest to frank little franks initiation into tile tho mysteries of 0 tho the trade consisted in gathering UP jup and distributing the type from a double page forin of tho the nowa news paper which had been accidentally knocked over and reduced to p hy ay tile tho time this had been dono done and nd tho the wrecked advertisements amet ho he felt like a veteran it wag not long after this that strong opposition developed in the county tho the clippers editorial page was to blame blaino finally so BO much support was withdrawn that the paper could no longer carr carry y on the owners wore were forced to sell bowman and company bought the plant and stored it this was tho the end of the kanab clipper the tha lone cedar in the spring of 1910 will dobron shipped into inlo a small job press and a small supply of type and began publication of tho the lone cedar a midget all homo print weekly tho the press would not a sheet larger than tso so the consisted 0 atour pages that size only one pago page at a time could bo be printed and after tho the first two pages were off tile tho sheet had bad to be refolded to the printing ot of the other two pages its size and general appear anco notable for lack of suitable display typo type made it tho the butt of jokes from all the newspapermen in the state kioto it had the loyal support of the people ot at the county however even those who laughed at its unusual makeup some weeks it went out on wrapping paper giving rise to still another crop of jokey jokes at its expense in spite of its handicaps it survived until the tha summer of 1911 when charles 11 townsend bought it and changed the name to kano county newa the kano kana county news mr townsend Town gend used mostly ready print put in a bigger press and enlarged the sheet ile he soon built up a very prosperous little vapor paper in time however a strong public opinion developed in opposition to the news editorial policy this gradually crystallized and an organization gani was formed in the county to buy the paper mr townsend sold out to the now new or which was wag headed by william W david D rust was made editor ot of the reorganized kane county news and besides a very complete news newa service he developed a vigorous editorial policy stressing education religion and the home mr townsend now founded the kane county independent and proceeded to compete with tho the news for or county patronage and laup support port an intense rivalry developed and the struggle for or job printing and advertisements was keen the county was divided into two factions each striving for or political control gradually the independent lost ground finally mr townsend sold his hl plant to the news and moved to los loa angeles angel to make a fortune by building up a great metropolitan printing plant around lifs publication li the california automobile directory under editor rust the news be camo came one of at the states most useful and enterprising country newspapers meanwhile W IV had been made state senator and achieved stat statewide notice by defying and denouncing some same of the selfish interests of the state when mr rust found it necessary to take up more active work and resigned as editor to become a nationally tio nally known tourist guide and curator custor of our scenic wonders senator brought jack borlase to kanab to be editor of the kano county news the news now became a stat 0 political organ it still handled county news and comment but the tire of the editor was concentrated on the web we b of financial intrigue that controlled politics at that time this campaign of the little country paper gradually won the interest of the progressives progress ives of the nation in time the paper numbered among lie its subscribers most of the count rys progressive sena aena tors and congressmen DJS as well as officials and business men from over the west the editor ex over the west the editor express ed himself equally well in elthee either prose or rhyme and much of his work was clipped by other papers of the state and nation the writer does doea not remember how long the news ran ralf with mr borlase as editor when hb bb resigned will dobson tools took the lob job and ran the paper tor for about a year the campaign odthe ot the news in state affairs developed a feeling among the people ot at the county that local news wa was a being neglected this was perhaps justified at any rate local support and state support both dwindled gradually until tb the e news went out of 0 busi business noss J G spencer bought the plant mod it to panguitch Pan gultch and s cold old it to will J peters owner of 0 the Gar flold county since then kanaba newspaper has been printed in panguitch |