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Show . ?f j !l IS IT TO BE APOSTLE AMBROSE N. McKAY? TT VER since the death of the late Thomas Kearns, speculation has J been rife concerning the Salt Lake Tribune, and the possible changes that might take place if the control passed to other hands. Various names have been suggested, whose ambitious owners might be candidates for journalistic honors at a distance that is who might put up the necessary coin to enable them to assume dictatorship dictator-ship and the grief or joy that is the lot of those who frame the policy i of a newspaper in Utah. But those who have been doing the guessing guess-ing have been unable to agree until recently when a real clue seemed to be found. It was thought for a time that W. W. Armstrong and his associates asso-ciates might make a deal for the paper, partially because Mr. Armstrong Arm-strong was so close to Mr. Keith and Mr. Kearns, and for some other reasons we needn't mention. But we understand that nothing like that has been considered, because Mr. Armstrong states that now i' that the war is over, he wishes to devote his entire time to his bank-. bank-. ing and other business interests, and could not be induced to become K interested in the newspaper field. For years there was an agreement between Mr. Keith and Mr. Kearns that in the event of the death of either, the other would have the first preference in the matter of purchasing the Tribune stock , which had belonged to the deceased. Mr. Keith died several months , ago, and Mr. Kearns died recently. Both estates must pay an inheritance tax of considerably over $200,000.00, andJff the Keith interests sold their Tribune stock, the proceeds woujbout pay that tax. As for the Kearns interests, they probably do not wish to continue con-tinue in the newspaper business, for while the Tribune is more than paying, they have not made a great deal of money out of it, because , the profits have been reinvested in improvements. So if the Tribune .could be sold for five or six hundred thousand dollars, and it can be, , it would be a nice deal all around. Enter now Heber J. Grant, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the time he succeeded Joseph F. Smith as president, up to the time of his departure for California, he was very chummy with A. N. McKay, general manager of the Tribune, making frequent visits to Mr. McKay's office on what was apparently very important business. busi-ness. , m Doesn't it stand to reason that the Mormon church would very Jx'vmtjch like to acquire control of the Tribune Heaven forbid and , jS wouldn't it be an easy matter for the church to readily finance a litis lit-is ( tie deal like that? Wouldn't it be easier to pay five or six hundred A thousand dollars for the Tribune, than to continue putting up a hun-AU hun-AU dred thousand dollars a yea. to keep the Herald going? In five or six M years at that rate, there would be no further outlay, and the money ! till I would bein rowing back. Entirely feasible isn't it? fitf j And in the meantime, Mr. McKay could be retained as general inJ I 5. manager, inasmuch as he has been so successful On the job, and it ' wouldn't be amiss for him to accept an apostleship if the deal goes f4S " through in, order that he might be in closer touch with the policy ill of those who would control, and be in heartier accord with his asso- llel ciates' JOv . t 1S a coincidence that the present Apostle McKay accompanied lKj President Grant to California. Everyone knows that the Scotch are 'r0l n0t clannsIl anc lor tnat reason it would be-perfectly proper to have , I jnjr two Apostles McKay in the quorum of twelve, even if their mail got I r n z7 "lixed occasionally. I fr I If the control of the Tribune passes to the church, we think; it; would be only proper that Ambrose McKay be made an apostle, and as ' H he is still a young man, perhaps the day might come when we may re- M spectfully refer to him as "the pres." H |