Show t Mil Mil- Eye Ants View lJ Hy y MAC MACIt It Is I. a matter of ot disappointment to me that the rare fare awards slid and honors honor which these the newspapers win cannot be publicly shared elated on ona ft a wide state basil Wel by all three In the dally daily paper the they coine COlDa out as credited to The Morgan County Coun Coun- ty News You know and 1 I know that they are shared equally by byall byall byall all three papers paper The papers The The Summit County Bee Dee and The Park Record In addition to The News Newt I What I can Un do I 1 do 1 I check In as at publisher of The News The Dee flee The Record In order or or- der tier of acquisition Immediately I am burled buried under undera n a flood of or vituperation as all a tycoon tycoon ty ty- ty- ty coon builder of or an empire Mr Howard Hearst All In InI I good nature by the newspaper guys who realize that our three I papers put together are ara smaller than many of the single I We average le 15 pages per er erI week to their lG IC I I i All Alt I 1 can cnn answer I Is that The Thel Ogden Standard has just turned I I down town our offer for lor five fi million and and the Salt Batt Lake newspapers sneered at me when I laid IS 15 million on the barrel head i I This sometimes shuts the big mouths mouths but but only momentarily A wonderful bunch of guys they think of an answer I This year we just accidentally I I got even First prize we won at atthe atthe atthe the state convention was for j I special service to the American i Legion a a beautiful plaque for forThe forThe forThe II The Park Record There is no nomore nomore nomore more deserving community in the I state than Park City City and and Ernest Lange the Legion front man mani i there does a wonderful job All AllMe we Me do is print his stuff I The flee Dee got into the act too Six weeks ago called upon to toI choose three consecutive copies I of this for lor contest entry I 1 couldn't decide between two trios trios Finally I sent in both of ot I II I Ithem them marking one for The Dee i ithe the other for tor The News commenting comment comment- ing lug that I couldn't choO choose e and inviting the judge to do so They won first and second Nobody Nobody No No- I body could have been more surprised surprised sur sur- than me kept Best secret of the convention con was waa a special award for these thele paper papers It Its It's a beautiful engraved desk set let marble and I gold presented by all Utah publishers to us UI for our good I I fortune in winning the national I prize for The Ant last year I i 1 This one caught us so 10 completely completely com com- unaware that tor or once I II I couldn't think of anything to say lay Neither could To make itI it I worse Morse the emcee insisted that everybody look at me and see I how ow much I resemble Jack parr Tarr u I think I am m a perfect ringer dont don't you T Except that Im I'm 20 years older and 50 BO pounds bigger and aud can see absolutely no re se- semblance Now the only reason reaSOR I give you I j jall all these details is because these i are YOUR YOUn newspapers YOU the readers make them possible and I are your front men your leIs leps Im I'm reporting back to you And besides we have havo a convention convention conven conven- tion only once a year made it to the session I her arm beautifully slung Ilung A year oar ago go she he got home homo from convention just In time to go to the tho hospital And JUST In time Is II right This time she ahe got out of the tho hospital just In time to togo togo togo go to the convention An Interesting commentary upon upon upon up up- on the typical so-typical western hospitality hos boss of Utah is the act that all three officers of the Utah State Press this year were only five years ago aso westerners J J. J Parr Godfrey of Midvale the president who turns turn out to be a I marvelous toast toastmaster master is from I Wisconsin I Jim Cornwell r lI the and Rhea Wild tiny ay and president of Murray still sUII owns owna his plant in Nebraska And theres there's us from Iowa and Omaha Hero lIero of ot the the convention on was Bill Wilson the publisher from Fillmore more lIe He shared the mens men's room for a few important minutes with a a. couple of the visiting Russian delegates Mac |