| Show ot 01 lit the first issue oi 01 the chronicle wa was dated july 4 1910 vol 1 no 1 e norman B dresser was editor and t tl e name of the town was then curt burt ner not delta Du business siness was so poor that dres er had the paper printed in fealt lake city sent up the news notes und and items and the finished paid paret was sent back to him for dIs trIbu tion old timers can remember him going around the various comment ties in a little dog cart taking th the bundles tor for each town to the post masters ills first issue had on the front page a photo of one of millard coun ty s wheat fileds a binder going his feature article was THE TIIE DIG DIVERSION DAM A good piece of work done by the farm farmers ers mil lard county s big Ite resource source an inland empire where thousands will find homes A new amusement hall the groath of the town has made it a necessity the commercial club hyrum E knight president N S bishop V P john E steele secretary S W eccles treasurer A cooperative creamery I 1 A water users association with by laws jerome teacy chas conner connel ly C T bunker A askerman S T farmer albert watts M S malu nanch attorney tor for the association this number of the chronicle said dresser is issued on monday july 4 1910 but the regular date ot issue will be thursday don t forget that the chronicle Is equipped with a first class job print ing ng plant you want letter heads bill heads envelopes clicc lars cards etc printed in up to date style send your order to the chron icle office albert P wallace Is putting up a house tor for himself a couple of blocks east of S W eccles the town of burtner had gro growing i pains and already a new name a aa being sought tit fit for its future great ness commerce delta a fertile 41 piece of land at the mouth of a riv er ceres grain green bonair pure or good air legar do minetto plenty of water ca denzo peaceful slumber and on thee the names he put in a coupon on which the people could vote and so choose the name As to his foreword dresser said the people are progressive and he gave much encouragement he him self he said would soon have a farm he dwelt long on the addan of millard county how many would be brought here to its unac coupled and fertile lands and A pews newspaper paper la is invaluable for this pur pose the chronicle hope to do its share the initial issue had a great many ads in it of names long since out of business and lingering only in we memory of real old timers poor dresser dresser lost all the fingers of one hand caught in a job press still maimed as he was le kept up a fine morale and did his level best years later after he had sold out a street car hit him in salt lake and instantly killed him he sold to busenbark busenbark ito to davis and davis to beckwith in 1919 about where george mayer a litt paint shop is now being moved to ind a little more west was the home of the chronicle a tiny little shack in which dresser and eugene gard bachee how the old times come up with a flood of memories dresser wrote poetry and would read it in public gatherings commendable stutt too how poor we were but hopeful what efforts all put forth to make a home here herel and what hard alps all underwent with that aim steadfast tead fast |
