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Show AS OTHERS SEE US. After n rest of four or flvo year ' from the strenuous newspaper game It. W. Crockett, former publisher nnd editor of the Knstcrn Utah Advocate, ha re-entered the field, with a bran new eight-page, six-column sheet that I replete from beginning to end with live mailer the only kind of "dope" Crockett know anv thing about. The new paper ha been christened "Tho Hun." nnd from what Iho writer know of It editor, he feel safe In predicting that The Hun will shine so brilliantly that It cheerful ray will not only lie felt In Price and Carbon county, but that they wjll extend over a large radio of these mountains nnd vale, llrotlier Crockett took the Kaxtcrn Utah Advocate front ic meager beginning begin-ning to one of the best nnd most pros-pcrou pros-pcrou country newspaper In Utah, and while he wn accomplishing thl he bud the satisfaction of seeing hi town gTow from what It used to W. nn ugly spot on the desert, to Ihe llvest nnd most prosperous rountry (own In all Utah. Price I n modern town nnd even In these panicky war time. It I reported that there I more money In circulation thero than In Halt Ijikc City In proportion to population. In our opinion, no one man In Price I entitled to mom credit than 1 It. W. Crockett for thli remarkable transformation. trans-formation. When lie started, only n row year ago, to pcrstiaue tue cuiien lo blow up their muscles nnd Join In tho progressive procession the majority majori-ty of them felj In line, and those who didn't were roasted with tho soothing pen of tho editor until they either Joined the boosters' rank or left tho town. Crockett made some enemies and It wa not uncommon to sen him on the street with n black eye, but ho got result Just the same. In their Journey to success the people peo-ple of Price have evidently learned nn important lesson, nnd that I that their community will grow nnd prosper pros-per In the same proportion a doe their local paper. Wo venture the piedlctloit thnt any successful business busi-ness man In Price will admit Ihnt the best returns he ha from nny money Invested In thn town I that spent with the newspaper. May Crockett' Hun shlnn long, continuously con-tinuously nnd effectively. An In the language of old Hip. "May It live long nnd prosper." Illuhfleld Henper. |