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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. 96 S MAIN DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER BUILDING BOUNTIFUL, DAVIS COUNTY BOUNTIFUL HISTORIC DISTRICT UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111 1111 111111111111 1111 1111111111111 3 9222 50002 0016 HISTORIC SITE FORM (Historic Sites Database version) Utah State Historic Preservation Office ID#: 10508 1. I dentijication Property Name: DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER BUILDING Address: 96SMAIN City: BOUNTIFUL Old ID#: Plat: Block: County: DAVIS COUNTY 2. Documentation/Status Site: Dates Surveyed / Added to SHPO Files Evaluation: (C) INELIG.INON-CONTRIBUTING Recon. Level Survey: Intensive Level Survey: General/Misc. File: National ReKister Status: BOUNTIFUL HISTORIC DISTRICT Date Listed 95253 03/04 /90 / Date Delisted: Thematic or MPS Affiliation: Areas ofSiKnificance: 3. Building Information Date(s) o/Construction: HeiKht (# stories): Plan/Type: 1900 c. Style(s): 2 Material(s) Original Use BUSINESS/OFFICE Outbldgs: Contrib.: 0 2-PART BLOCK Non-Contrib. 0 Architect(s): 4. Other SHPO File Information Federal Tax Project No. (s) J06 Case No .. Devel. Grant: State Tax Project No.(s) Historic Photo Date: HABS/HAER: Printout Date: 111281200 Davis County Clipper Building. 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. ~ "I~<;.~(~\~~ Ib~.~( ~[~4- 96 S Main Bountiful , Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County ~ .,~<;.~(~\~~ ~~.~.( ~[~4- 96 S Main Bountiful , Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. ~ '1i1<;.~((1\~~ fb~.~·( '1-{~4- Davis County Clipper Building. ~ '111<;.~((1\~~ ~~.~.( '1-{~4- 96 S Main Bountiful , Davis County 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. ~ "I~<;.~(Q\~~ 1O~.~.\ ~~ [~ 4- 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. ~ .,~<;.~(~\~~ Ib~.~( ?--[~4- 96 S Main Bountiful, Davis County Davis County Clipper Building. ~ '1~<;.~(0\~'" ~~.~( ~{~ 4- Davis County Clipper Block Bountiful, Utah Intensive Survey 1989 by Wayne L. Balle Architect THOMAS C. SMITH ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATES 845 South Ma i n Bountiful Utah 84010 1801) 298-1666 UTAH STATE HIS'1atIC PRESFllVATI~ OFFICE S'11UJC'ruRE/SITE INRBtATION F<Htt 1. Name of Property: Davis COlmty CI ipper Block Site No.: 49DV03A029012 Street Address: T.2N R.IE S.19 96 South Main Street City, County: Bountiful, Davis Current Ownership: XX Private Map Name/Date: Farmington Quad 7.5 minute/1975 UTM: Zone 12 Northing 4526540 Easting 425810 Tax #: 03-029-0076 Public Local __ Public State Public Federal Stahle, John R. Jr 125 West 100 South Bountiful, Utah 84010 Name of historic district (if applicable): N/A Legal' Description (include acreage): Beg at SE Corner of Lot 1. Blk 29, Plat A Bountiful RS: N 29 FT, W 50 FT, N 16 FT, W 10 FT, N 30 FT, W 10 FT, S 6 FT, W 42 FT, N 36 FT, W 82 FT, S 105 FT, E 194 FT TO POINT OF BFnINNING. 2. Original Use: Printing Office Property Category XX building structure site __ object Current Use: Evaluation __ eligible/ potentially eligible XX ineligible __ out-of-period 3. Photo Date slides: XX prints: Mar 1990 historic: Commercial~ffice Condition excellent Alterations none _good minor XX major XX fair _ deteriorated demolished ruins Drawings and Plans _ XX measured floor plan XX site sketch map __ original plans available at: Historic American Building Survey other: Research Sources XX abstract of title XX plat records/map XX tax card & photo __ building permit __ sewer permi t XX Sanborn maps __ obi tuary index __ city directories __ census records __ biographical encyclopedias __,newspapers _ XX city/county histories XX personal interviews BIBLIOCR4PHICAL REli"JmmCES __ __ _ _ __ SLC Library BYU Library U of U Library USU Library LDS Genealogical Ljbrary LDS Olurch Archives, XX Utah State Historical Society (books, records, interviews, photos, maps, etc.) Personal Interviews (by Wayne L. Balle) Dean Stahle, Gail Stahle, Bountiful, Utah, March 7, 1990 Bountiful, Utah, March 21, 1990 Title Abstracts, Davis County Recorder, (Other sources in file) Researcher/Organization: Farmington, Utah Wayne L. Balle/ Bountiful Preservation Commission Date: March 1990 4. Building Style/Type: __Tw~o~-~P~a~r~t~B~I~o~c~k~_________________________________________ Wall Material(s):-:B~r~ic~k~,~a=d~o=be=- _____________________________ No. Stories: __.....:2=--_ Number of associated outbuildings -2- and/or structures 3. Briefly describe the principal buildings, noting additions and alterations and their dates, and associated outbuildings and structures. An example of a two-part block, this building was originally constructed in two bays with adobe. The upper floor was accessed thru a stairway which led fran main street between the two original bays. The east and south facades contained five and three openings respectively on each level. Original openings on the upper floor remain intact but are covered with an out-of-period metal fascia material. Openings on the main level have been altered, particularly on the east side of the building. All original surfaces of the building have been covered with out-ofperiod materials, and the original rear adobe wall has been completely replaced. Additions to the building are comprised of a series of out-of-period concrete block structures which extend to the west of the original building. 5. . Architect/Builder: Unknown/John Stahle Sr. Date of Construction: 1906 Write a chronological history of the property, focusing primarily on the original or .principal owners & significant events. Located on the northwest corner of 100 South and Main, the site of the Clipper building was originally acquired by John & Henry Stahle in 1899. At the time of acquisition, the Clipper offices were located at 300 North Main Street. After some financial and wind related difficulties the adobe structure was completed in 1906. The north half of the building originally housed the telephone office while the Clipper was located in the south half (see photograph of interior with press). As the spatial needs of the Clipper grew, the operation expanded first into the north half of the building replacing the telephone office, and eventually to the west in a series of concrete block structures. ---...,... .. ---- ... - ",,*,. -.. ,:'- ::.... --...,. . .. ~ ~ ·•• n 0- ." .~=-" ... . ... 40°52'30. 111°52'30.. 1,.,£AIOU-C.EOt.oc.IC AL ,>urtVs. •• ME't" .... VIRGINIA-'.? SALT LAKE CITY 7 .8 MI . (T£MPI.E SQUARE) • ..... R. I E. SCALE 1:24000 1000 0 AE'f5- * Grl - #iff ' . \ !5~. ~1/284MILS n .". 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O:)'l';' 1- oo~s ~« , « - _.. -:J . / . - J t- a.. 0 ro ABSS L~ND !N~URMATION SYSTEM 03:025:0076 ~ARCEL D~TES: -------- IO P~ESE~T TAX DIST: 3 AND ADuRESS FOR TAX YEAR 1991: STAHL~. JOHN R JR 125 WEST 100 SOUTH~OUNTIFLL~ ur 84~10 LEGAL DESCR1Pl"rON: BEG AT SE COR OF L01 1. BLk ~9. PLAT A BTFL TS: N 29 ~"!. w 50 FT. N 16 FT. W 10 ~T N 30 FT. W 10 FT. S 6 FT~ W 42 FT~ N 36 FT~ w 82 FT~ S 105 FT~ E 194 FT TO SERIR~ fAX ~AME ikol 'lnst cteiConslceratlon no. !Rec da~e!Cross iHeTerences INDT INT 100/00/00~ SfRhLE. R. GAIL 851486 ;03/08/89: TO WHU~ 11 MAY CONC~RN SEE ALSO 03:029:0071 ! 1281-579 i03:03PM I $.00 BOUNTIFUL ClYV. RED~V~LOPMENl AGENCY IN011CE 100/00/001 688677 111/2B/841 10 WriOM !~ ~AY CONCERN S~E ALSO 03:001:0083!1014-736 ;02:00~M i Gran~or: Grantee: I£n~rv '7o"Jl- M4...t""r-~t>kYl-fifd I UtaJCurrent Owner: JOk.f'-- e.. ~~~IJ/ ~r Athh'css: q, ~ Address: \1.;- w. \tI&' ? ' e/)~.,)-i'·N. [,Jj-Ifh ~4t)(C? TITLE .'. l.el~nl 10 Uc:;cdptl.on: . 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However, he was unaware of It ha?pened while he was visiting his uncle on the green apple-blossom scented hills outside of Zurich. He was greatly impressed with the ·ease with which his uncle obtained worters for his farm by merely ?lacing an ad in the local paper. It was fine, but he thought no more about it at that time. When he returned to Bountiful, he also returned to his studies , at the University of Deseret where he was stvdyin¢ architecture in a "general II sdt of a way. One evening- he attended a big meeting at Steve P.a.les hall (now Deveraux hall) where t-iill Creek water was divided. At the meetin~ he was ap?roached by La~oni Call, who had been printing a small brochure, "about exl2 inches for over a year. Mr. Call used the sheet to advertise trunks, general merchandise of his own general store. btooms and other But by this time it had grown into a regular publication. Mr. Call asked him if he \fo'Jld l~ok over some manuscripts for him, because he had more schooling than most people in the community at that time. Mr. Stahle looked them over. Later Mr. Call asked him to join in partnership on the publication. "I had never thourht of doing that," Mr. Stahle said •. But times were hard. "There were seven carnenters for every job, and Page 2 educated people were very scarce. ~ared I thou~ht I was very well pre- for it, since I believed general knowledge more important to an editor th~n s~ecific traveled quite knowlecfe, such as che~istry. I had a. bit, which I thou£,ht l'/Quld help_also,1I he said. lw!r. Stahle naid $465 in cash and received The t!-TO joined. one-half interest in return. int~oduced about ChristmaB time, elor. n Rerylar ,::ublication It just so The next issue of the brochure, at ha?ne~ed the new partner as nan old bach- began early in 1891 under the name of that leOl was in the reiddle of the de- pression of Grover Cleveland, one of the ~torst, but which did not las+. near I? as lonr aE the cefression of the 19,05. Only a couple of men in .... oun:iful ha1 bricl~_'ard ':!~rk, while 15 cents wO'..lld Getting a ~OC~ ~lent? new naper, as ~ri~f' su~nly a bushel of potatoes. of oa~er Nevertheless, was not a problem for the could be obtained from Sugar House, via a local patler house in Salt Lake toda~r, v i ....y • It was not as white as the - but it was soft and pliable. The location of the press room also added to the pliableness of the paner. eouinment were kent in the <0> • • • building is now a and is used on A bus?lel of 'Itheat could be uurchased for 30 cents, First "outh. paper and they ran their ov:n ~. I) ~art. base~ent Presses and of Lamoni Call's store. This of the Dountiful Lumber & Supply Company s"; ::'!'~ .,-lass and wood. Paire 3 was used to heat the store Stea~ stalled by Mr. Call to kee~ hi~self. the paper soft ~na the pipes had been in- Some leaked. with~', lt da~?f"ing Enou[h steam escaped it. F.a.pnily the paller was much cheaper then than now. - !'Te,'r equi?"!Ient "ras !')urch~sed to peint a better sheet. It seems that Mr. Call was always lookinf. for better ways to do things and . always wanted the best ~achinery he could obtain. was obtained in Salt Lake City for fOllr pages of six col'..l~ns each. $450. The 1-1;:, wo~ked ~ress the ink rollers. U'O would handle quite well too, except that static electricity held the printec sheets to cylinder and they would bunch A Prouty press t~e one small in the ?ress and then get into One person had to stand at the delivery end and snach them out by hR.nd. ~/hen there iias no electricity they would • .....a 11 ot! t cn th. e de 1"lvery .Doard'oy t'..!lemsel.ves., "We thourht we. had a :-retty food cutfit Jt that. ti'lle," Mr. Stahle said. "When the first meeting of the Utah State Press Association was 'held in the fall of If.93, most of the printers cCluld h9.ve brought their e~uiuT.ent, ,,:i th "'_h"'-:· on t'\;l':! r backs. as In~inr. on th~ 01d ',las one difficulty. plate in the founta.in ~ress was adequate for Adjustr.1ent wa:: almost contint1all~, ~ost jobs, but there imn~ssible. The ink puckered, allowing- voo much ink in some places and not enourrh in others. PO~ier to run tr.e ~ress was S1Jndied at first by human hand. Page 4 However, it did not turn very hard arid there were not many to be printed at the beeinnin~. handsome a!'ld powe'!"fu1 ~owerwas Later, hlo orovided by a verj hp vertical steam engine. To provide the necess~~, ste~~, Mr. Call (or Mony as he was called) put in a ten foot cistern, on top. was made ~hich o~ concrp.te with a brick dome Water was ';Jut in fro!!!. the creek when it was plentiful in the sprin~ and fall and held until needed. also used for drinkinf'", y:as for~e'.l into a 1arr,e 16 hp boiler. B~nging . ...,. steam !!lade lots r.ounds '"' ~"ere The water, which was fro"!! the reservoir by an tln~ecotr ane rattlin?: of pipes as the CO:ll."!Dn noises. A cheap slack was ~is steam system proved to be very usea to provide the heat. reliable. The steam <:'!ncrine was -ourcl:e.sed Lake ,.City, who . o~~rated Silver Brothers in Salt f~~ an machine shop in which they both ~ade and re t:'ab-ed stea'r. enr-ines. Under the p~_rt.n~rs~:i!l -!:.he narr.e .,19.8 ch:lnged from the Little __________ ____Davis . . . __ .County __ ...•• ____ .•._·0_. _ on Anril CHoner-; to The CHoner co I umn format adopted. ..."J1?. ~rloption ~9, If92 and a six price was raise d from ('\ 5~ cents to $1.25 -.-lith the cnanf6 from the monthly edition to the ~.,eekly~ The price of the Davis Cou!'lty Clinper remained at that price until December, 195;, when it was raised to $2. At first the ~apers the general store, but in post office. were just given out on the counter in Dece~ber, lP9l, it was entered at the ' AdvertiSing- rates, as advertised . in one of the oldest Page 5 copies of the Littl~ Clipper available, Volume 1, Nu~ber e, aBe as fo 11o\'IS : One oa«:e Coltl!lln $5.00 _ _ _____ .• _ _ _ _ _ _ 2.75 One-third of colwnn 1. CO 2x2 s :,<1ce ... .60 ---- --.- .-- ._- - lx2 s:,ace ___ .35 Small adve~tise~9.nts one cent ~er word 50 per cent off after first issue 5C and 15 pe~ cent off for standi~r ads by t.he year All ?a~~ents to be ~~de in advance All matter for ?ublicat ! ~n srould reach the office by the 10 of the month Lost or found ~dvertise~ents f~ee One of the lead articl~s in this enti Ued A Surplt1s of Bachelors. sa~~ issue of t~e pa~er was It read: ~l9.rria[e is a lot ter~T and fe\-l that gain the ~rise. Drawmy conclusions from the fore',", or Tl!ore, ~"oun2" bachelors, (for I su ;;pose the~! would not like to be called old) "Iho !!lust tear they will not ret the ~rize, so t~ey re~ain nutral. What cowardise to retreat from th~ fiel~ for fear they will be caot1.lree and then not be nroT.ler1v trellted. if0'.-1 ~tlst think of it! This number of ~en (if they"may be called ~~~) runnine at larEe with no one to take care of them. What a deplorable saate of societ.~! for a s 1!all to~:n no 1arf:er than East Bountiful to be in, with a pouvhtion of between 12 and 1, hundred, and out of that n~~ber 4c or more who have let treir names go on the bache lor lsI is+" \,11. thout daring t.o ask one of the fair sex to travel throup.-h this wicked world \~i th the'!! . aease pardon if I am ~istaken. They may have asked until they were discouraged. All such hClS my sympathy. But remember hear that the race is not to the Intift nor the battle to the strong, but to those who endure to the end. I can scarcely believe m~' own reckoning to the effect that t~ere are over forty men in East Bountiful who are over 25 years of age and still singl~ . ~lt, alas! it is only too true. If necessary I can give the names for the next issue. It is ho;)ed, this bein~ lear.-year, that the ~irls will in~ Page 6 have mor"! courage than those who call the~~sel ves men, and rid us .of those ~lagues, that a.fe fast multiplying upon us yearly. A friend in the interests of the ladies. A letter from a visitor read in part: I see y011r \-lorth7i bishop hils not yet left off' all his boyish tricks. · .One mornin~ of late as he W3.S crossin~ the street from the Co-op store, he met a ~entieman going iri that direction in haste, they passed the usual good mornin~ salute, and as ouick as thOll.lTht the bishoD, full of fun, turned around, ·and with his "foot triped his friend, he fell ltabroad D in the snow. Jumping up, he gatr.ered a snow ball, threw it at thp. retreatin~ bishop, who of course had made good calcultions, and was out of distance. It was fun for me to see the bisho? I'lin as s?ritly as any boy in to,m. All's well that ends well--A Visitor. A lost ad read: LOST of January first, between Centerville and Robert's, West Bountiful, a lady's blaCK. co~t. ~Ad two apples in the poc!<ets • Loren C. \-/oo1e;;, Center,v ille. Onth~ ni~ht During the first winter of the p~rtnershi~ a nrinter from Denver came and 8 pent the winter with th e:!l an: he 1ped i.#he shop. on a bed in the bllck and ",orked for 'his board and room. to cut brass rules in two and roled the~ He s 1e 'l\t He liked up like sheep's horns. It hal?ed to add color to the naper as he put them between a~illes. They also helped to get some watchmakers to ~ertise--they were used to depict watch sprin~s. He was a ~ood partners learned nuite a bit from him. printer an1 both of the He also set and distributed type. Dissolution of the partnership was announced in the issue of June 2e., 1894. Mony was to kee!l the job nrintine- and the editor Page 7 was to take the "small end of the horn," the newsnaner, since he had been runnin~ it before. "It was the first tl~e I know of any paper startiny around here without having a job printinJ!: plant to rely on. I "las just going to ha:v~ the pa!,er, II Mr. Stahle sa~d. Reasons for the breakup were that Mony had a wide field of interests and was trying' too many jobs • . He had been a watch repairman, carpenter, plumber and finally took to being a to have a ne"1 deal coming up. t~e dru~~ist. He always seemed Another reason was t!:e.t Mony charged parbnership rent for the use of the basement. fometlmes, after expenses were paid, there was only $2.50 left to divide among them for the month's work. There was no ill feeline among them when they c.ivided. they remained the ver:! best of friends as long as }·~r. In fact Call Ii ved. Afterward, each felt he had bettered his own condition by the division. The press and some hand type went to the newspaper at the separation. The ne"l owner bOUg!lt a corner lot on the east side of Main street at Third North for $100 started to build his own shop. fr~m Bishop Davia Steker and New red brick was put on the outside and adobe fro~ Buildings on the lot were used on the inside. work was done by the Hayes brothers, who received a shot ~ Brick for payment of their labors. The editor was very unsure of himself at the beginning. know if he would make a ~o of it or not bec~useof his lack of He did. not trainin~ Page 8 in the newspaper field, esuecially in the mechanical part. This new building was built right on the street, so the editor built it up two feet off the ground. That wa~: also undecided whether to ~lt a store front on . it or a residential front. people could not look in. He was He fif1Jres if he failed he could alwl3.ys rent it as a home. Cappenter work on the foof was done by the editor, assisted by his brother Henry. l'hey also made the window fra>nes and hung the Most of the work vIas done on Sa.tur9.ays. doors. A solid floor was made for the ':-ress by putting adobes u':1der the floor joice. dlJrin~ cool to work in the b1,lilding. the si1ltn~er It was beca.use of high locust trees shading This building ,.,as used until 1906, \-then the office w~s move to the uresent C!')arters a""'t ...... First South and Main street • The. old one was torn am-rn in 1952. Again . tht~ press l'!l3.d to be turned by h'lnd, but only for a year or two. At thl3.t time ne",s of' the g:asoli:le engine ,.,as heard in the West. The editor consulted several learned men concernin~ the enrine and was told it would not run in the 4000 ?lus foot altitude of the valley. He wrote Atty. Jo Rich in PariS, Idaho, Rho had an engine at the time. Mr. Rich ttrote back "Give p-asoline engines,. wide binh. Very unreliable. You don't ",ant. one. Finally he was told Co~lege th~t ~y a physics Yours truly, Joe riich." ~rofessor at the Utah State Agricultural he could see no good reaSC:l the engine would not run here. He bought one--the first rasoline eneine to be run in the state Page 9 ot Utah. Neb. It was picked out of a catalogue and came from Omaha, The engine had no carburator. Instead it had a small hole in a wheel that had to be adjusted until the gasoline-air mixture was ju~t riE'ht. It wO:Jld then run. On the dO\-lnstroke of the 'o iston, the fasoline was pulled into the cylinder. There was a one-half inch pipe inserted in the cylinder and it extendec out three inches. One end was closed. the closed end there was a blowtorch-like flame that kep~ On it very When the oiston went up on com?ression the heated flame ignited hot. the fuel mixture. The supply tank was kent ·the engine, which was water cooled. cracked the block, but out. da~age 15 or 2C feet away from One winter the water froze and was slight and the water did not leak The engine tooll: a large quantity of gasoline. This engine was later traded for a larger one that would do a better job. This second engine had a battery and ignition sys- tem and worked much better. It was later traded to tr.e Weste~n , thFl exa:!lple "f Grandfathers Clock after &randfather died, it never ran again~ Some years later a salesman tried to find what had hapnened to the orir.inal engine. just a fe~ He fotmd it had been sold to a junk man days before he arrived by an orchard farmer in Granger. If he had found it, the enfinewould have found a dry home in the museum at the state ca~itol building. Page 10 Tbe~e were The type was set mostly by girls at this time. three at one time, but it was hard to keep the same one, very long. Marriage seemed to be more interestin[ than type. The editor, who soon beca!!:e known as "Ye Editor," handled . all the money and bills himself. Subscriptions \orere oai' up pretty well :nost of the time. ~lere Usually the bills sent out in January and February, but no one paid them at that time. They waited until the beans and wateralon~ melons were ripe, some."here Then the money ~o.pular ca~e as yet. .J~,ly, At?fUst or Se~ember. in fast--usually in coin, because paper was not Durinp: the late SU!:1:ner he made I)ui te a down the street, the coins was there he in ke~t junglin~ i~ his b~ld~in~ si~ht walking pockets, for it his money. In the ratherinP." of ne'trB he conti!il.'eo the Sll.-ne policy he had started while with La'non! Call. bicycle .uP throu~h establis~t.s to One ell? each ",eek he rode on his Davis County, sto?ping at the homes and business s~e \'Ihat had ha:H>ened sinee his last visit. . He continued this svst.em for 40 vears, th:)uP"h . - not alva':s on the bicycle. ~ Many people wanted to knOt'1 ho", many corr':!s::.endents he had workin£" for hi!!!, 1:>ecatlse of the abuncance of ne",s each week. However, he got it all himself. He has always made it a ~olicy, even to this day, to keep track of missionaries and se!"vice'!len as they leave and return,and any other move"1ent of neo::le. Even if i. doe!) not "!lake news at. the time, Page 11 There wasn't much advertising at the time. de1inquint tax notices and 1e~a1 notices. But he had no real expense. Telephone cost Sl~ a month, Lir.hts $ .25~ Power He ~id Most of it was chores for his beard and reom for his C .25 fa~her, and no bookkeeping. and the needed ,- supplies didn't cost very much--and he was not married. net -been married, the Davis County Clinner might It he hac have been able to cover the sran of years. ~·urchased Some extra money came in fro!!", bonds he from time to time, dividends from the filrst sh9.re l'aying for the next share, etc. There were Bout 700 Sl::-scribel"s at. the time. th~ Machinery took care of most of work with the excention of folding the papers, whteh han to be done by hand. Often the girls who had to do the ''lork were a'-l akenec from a. sound , sleep at around 4 a.':l. to ~et the papers read:' for the '!lormin;- !l1.!'\il. In 1904 the naper I!lissed four consecutive issues--the only ones in the history of t.he paper. s~llpox--the editor h~d Reason for the stoppa~e was them. Office of th.e Clipner was invaded one c1"1.y by one Mr. Zoller, who wanted the name of the paper chanEed. German means wan old stove up horse." be compared with the horse, he said. ly meant to indicate sp~edy He said Clipper in The paper was too nice to However, the name was oririna1- craft with slim and neat lines. About this time also another printer, who walked the rounds of theprintinf sh~ps, arriV6d here. He came in from Denver. Before that Page 12 he had been to Orden, Brigham City, Reno, Sacramento and Los Angeles. He walked from papers. char~ed tow~ to town, distribut.ing type for the little news- And news!la.pers always had type to distribute. was a ~eal or of so~ething ~out equal value. All he He spent the winter in Arizona a.nd New 1-1exico anc then worked back nothh in the summer time, .arrivin~ in Bountiful in June. He was an odd looking character, carrying his tea pot and frying pan on his back, and using brush to ma.1{e his fire. The teeth he had were tobacco stained and he The editor tried to get him to stay wo~e a scraggly beard. in Bountiful, bu~ he daid the work wculd notjust.ify his time. Besides, he had a schedule to maintain. . The office of the paper \'1as !!loved afain to the plee it now. occuoies on the corner of First South and Main street in 1906. It was to move earlier, but the last really delay. The wind ~·/as ~if east wind caused a able to penetrate into the building through the glassless windows and blow down an adobe partition wall. had also been slowed by another depression. to be sold in order to meet ex~enses The building The old buildinf. had of the new edifice. Part of the new cne was already being used by the fledgling telephone company. An acre of land was also sold to the editor's brother, and a loan obtained from the Barnes Banking Company in Kaysville in order to meet expenses. Soon th~ depression waned and the building finished. About tmis time the editor was also city treasurer. . sa'lle banking system he used ~Ii th He used the thepaper--one t-ocket for 8i ty funds Page l} and one'for the par,er. city funds be ke~t councilman for a This was before the law was passed requiring apart from private funds. He was also city ti~e. When the paper was :f'irstmoved into it.s ne..,r quarters, it was bif~er printed on a new and it was not com~letely press. At least it was bigger,'although new, havinr been purchased through the Western newspaner Union, which had obtained it fcom the Parry Printing ComThe press, a Potter, h~d been rebuilt, pany in Salt Lake City. re"dntec1 and a out from Sa.lt ne~'l L~ke feeding: board installed on it. on a hay-rack and ~ut It was brou!:ht together by Willie Hardy. The Prouty was sold to a St. Georfe firm. The Potter was a two cylinder machine and would take four !lag-es of eijZ:ht columns by 20 inches. $4C~ He was allowed Trouble was .e ncotmtered little gasoline er.~ine It would not pull it for the old oress on either,an~ it. ~':ull It was $1200 Potter. \-lith the new ;.:ress. i~ec.iatel:· would not ~he The A new engine was obtained. su~ ·.~osed · to be an jack-of-all- By that time electricity was trades engine and was rated at } hp. available in Bountiful and a 3 hp electric motor did the trick nicely. This sa~e metor . re~a.ined in se~vice ai lon~ as the ~rese did--untll 1952, ..,Then a Mlehle lA, aR.'ain oorchased from the \'/NU, was obtained to rive greater sneed and imnroved printing. Soon after the purch~se of the press, a folder vas obtained that would handle a full sheet • . Willie Hardy, a worker in the shop '-tho seemed to have marvelous abilitYI\1ith machines, installed it and put it tor-ether. the ~ress via ~ Power came from the same } ceiline" ?ulle:: sys·,e!!l. ~p motor that nulled The pa"1er at this time was· Page 14 still four "ges of six coiumns, settin~ Hand 13 picas. of the type for the paper waBt ~retty well out after a Model one linot'!ne was 'Jurchased from the --Salt Lake Tribune. . . -~==""""'The Tribune had sll:'fered a slifh .... fi!'e in the 'somt'osing rOOI!l, which had done little da.'!l:l?,e, burine only the \-lindow casin,g:s, but some of the machines were sold. The price was $40C~ For another $700 one ot the machinists said he would com'!:letely rebuild the machine and put it in top runnin,Q' order. He did not do much, however. Since the union die not "'s'nt him to dc outside "Iork, he had sOl!le kids do what little work was done • . As might be ex'"ected the -nachine did no-+:. work very well. short time lat.er a.nother "'J3.chinist tried to fix it. c~'lis the and keys in meanti~e \'1illiamscn ;--;'501 ~,ne. ty1)es~tt.~n~ Third South. --a th~ dist'i~ce either. s~t in Sal t L~.ke In Ci t~1 at the orra.nizs.t.ion on West Tem-ple street at about He rode to +. Ol-Tn en the O"'erron S'bortl ine train and brought the finished up from He washed the Cost was $50--but did not heln. the eci tor !-:9.d the t:,-'?€! A station Clf In the knocked over by t':!~ ~~teriql back the same way. '.!~~i1~ c~rr..· i~1! miles. SC~!1\er H~ had to ~ the usual ei[ht gallies of type There "las no pla.ce to set it · down, there was always danger of it being carria~es. In the winter large sleighs rushed by and there was dee : snow on either side. 11 p.m. in the evening train. Often he returned atter He snent the entire day in Salt Lake, Pa~e 15 since he also wrote his news there. steady writing to "et Soon nTerr~ble ~fter ~ost another SweecJ.." of it It took about eight hours of don~. ~a.chinist ca'!le a.lon)?" \·rho \'las known as the After rer::ovinp: his coat, he '-lent rifht to the heart of :'!1e trouble; +,he main pulley needed btlshinfs and a few other minor parts. The linotyne ran ,!"erfectly. AncJ. the cost was very small cO::l:19.red to the others. But now the ~achine would run better t!1ere was no one who c0 1.11d really operate it. 1;/i11 ie Hardy ~'lcr:~ed ~n i 4;. ~o":!e ,and althou,E'h he L~~er a~ n~erator, na'!!ed Reid~~:1, ~:!'lO :·: orked as ::ublisher of t::~DS S\iecis'r. "':a!)er, came cut one day e'ich '-reek ·~nd set t.he entire Jl9.!ler. was 15 at the ti:ne, befan "Oeckin.C! 9.W'1:; on the very s1f;t1 at first, settinr one letter at a acct1racy. Co~:r ~!as \iritten out a.nd soon had the Cos":. "las ~6 ner day. ~·1odel on~. ti~e an~ He was checkinf it for carefully written for him, \'lith all numbers c'3.~it91s and :mnctu'ltion a 'r ranp:ed as cesired. rn"l~hine und~" He control 'in·:: shortly thereafter set an entire delinquint tax list on it. He went to linoty~e ~echanics school in San Francisco soon after that. Co:nnetiton to the Kaysville Eap:le. H. ~~ C3."le se~::""'lS in the sunt>:ler of to h'?ve l:?sted anI:, ~mti1 leq~ in the ~. he SU'!l:ner Pacoe , . 16 of 1894, however. Soon s.fter the Kays\Oille Post befan, but did not last long either. Acco:!"cine to J. Cecil Alter, "Neither a whip nor a Scots'!l8.n could kee'" a Ka:rsville neWS1)a"!>er long afloat in those da.:rs. n • ... . The Davis lJounty Arc"us started in Far.rrinp-ton in 1903 and continued until !ibout 1912, duri!1~ which ti'!le the hlo pa:oers ~·:orked together. During this time t;1e Utah State Fress Association made a trip to Seattle, Vancouver, B. C., and co\-:n the coast to lJi ex ico. Penrose ·,..ent '1ith t~e "roup. and give a ~ood "Pe~rose e01.,ld get un ont of his sleep talk, II Y·!r. Stahle saic.. Ad'/ertisin~ was incraasinE" dltrb;- this perios. quite a nu:-,ber of full ';)ag-e a.r.s co:!:n~ in. Soon 'lfter one ,~s runnin~: movin~ tv~~ ty--:~ In fact th~re ~ L..,.p'als ,·:ere still the 'l1ost in":.o the ne'.': bl)i1di n~ and before the Mace 1 was set frc.~ the dictavh~~e. the first in the Unitp.d Stat.e s to rh s':). saying Ckarles I~ 4"!?ct, The~! 't!~': en would he set from the t!ictaDhono? some day. were ~ ~nr t,he man sold The sales!nan wrote b9Ck to the c.O'D.'Oony sa:!inr i t is no";. in +,he future--i tIs alread:! beinr done by .John Ste.!11., in Bountiful. Page 17 The editor wOl11d sT)eak slowly into t.he l/';'e horn of the instru'!lent, ~utting: his notes he had rathered thr01.1ghout the connty into comTJIeted articles. The t~'ne setter c'!.rried the and went to work settinr the t?"'e. a time by usinC" the foot treadle. necessli~·. . could back it u!> if as he went alon~. ~19.ces uostairs He sould let out a sentence at It was also fixed 80 that he The editor 'Out in all punct'lation It t1017ked well with only one setter, Oliver Rickert,. because he or ~~ehine \-l3.S able to understand and c~:!"rect any names in the area. the education . he r;ossibly can. Articles in the p;.::er show this, bec:luse there are !ian:! articl:-s on geogra':lhy, !':is-:ory, Etc.. ~e He says has lost $100,000 because ~e studied Ger~an ir.s~ead of shorthand tihile in school. A f\end of his, He started lea.rninc- shorthand at the are of 76. tlnO "TaR a sc~·.ool teacher, gave hi~ a few beginning instructions and he carried on fro~ there, style. ~ood even if only to learn He thinks shorthand is learnin~ correspondents En~l1sh. He used to read shorthand while walkinp." the t ...,O miles to the train station while E'oin:" thrOll!i"h the countv for ne't's, _ now al~ost _ _ w ThouvhtAe is 89, he still wants to learn the typewriter and linotype. -30 - Standing 1n front of C11pper w1th Grandsori Larry. Around 1940 John Sr. in Clipper press room with LaVaun Brower Peterson in late 1930's. S ept. 17 1'948 // 1 ' (, 1/I ,',I ',/" /'/' , • I I ,: I j ' / I ' ; -, I I ') , < - JOHN STAHLE JR. John Stahle Jr., was born May 31, 1903, an only chi Id of John and Cora Stayner Stahle. Born In Salt Lake City, at his grandparents' home, he was not a healthy chi Id, which made him miss quite a bit of schoo I. He always idol ized his father. of time together, mostly working. business and other matters. The two spent a great deal They spent many hours discussing His mother was a good mUSICian . She gave plano and mandol in lessons, which made it possible for her to buy her son a wagon and a team of fine ponies. John has loved music al i his I ife. He plays trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, drums, and has tried his hand at trombone and flute. Right now his pride IS a three-manual Rogers organ. During much of his I ife he has p&ayed in dance orchestras and bands. ~s a young man he pl~yed trumpet in the Bountiful Band when they went by team and wagon on the Fourth of , July to wake up the sleepy residents of the area, and to stir patriotism in the . At present he enjoys playing with the Senior Citizens band each week. In the printing area John Jr. , or Jack as many people called him (or sometimes Johnny) must have cut his teeth on a composing st i ck • He started ' very young to he I phi s, father pI" i nt handb i I Is " for the theater which was owned by the Stahles. It was areal attract i on for th"e jun i or high "schoo I students t oo watch Jack pr i nt the show bills, since the press was In 'the front window they p2 passed on their way to school. to work in the print shop. Jack quit school In the 9th grade As a young man he also helped hand crank the old motion pictures machines. He remembers that when the action was good he cranked fast, but during love scenes the cranking went slow. When Jack was 16 years old he and his father traveled by train to San Francisco, where Jack enrol led in Linotype school for six weeks. In real ity he had started learning to set type earl ier than this. Before he could really read he would set type a i etter at a time. After attending the school he began working in earnest. Reydman, an old German printer, helped set type by hand. Mr. But he got fery upset and would sware at John and the blasted Linotype. The machine broke down quite often. However John was a "natural" machinist and soon had it running agai.n. For many years John and his father put the paper to bed by themselves. When 2 or 3 o'clock ro ·1 led around in the morning, and eyes were red and tired, John would go outside and sit on the curb. It seemed every do~ in Bountiful ~as barking at the same time. · The cool air would revIve him, and he would go back for a few more hours. As age crept upon his father John took more and more of the responsibility of the business. Later his sons also were urged t"pre~sured") to learn Linotype"and:some of the oth~~ facets of printing_ Howard, as the .o·ldest, was first, fol lowed b~ Oean, p3 Larry, Gai I and Niies. Duught~r of the bookkeeping needs. Merna helped at times with some Ni les is the only one who escaped from the printing sphere, though Larry has now retired to BYU for studies, while keeping his hands to the Linotype. John assumed the respons i b iii ties of pub I i sher when h is father died Aug. 23, 1954 at John's home. Since that time he has bought the competition papers in Kaysvi lie and Layton, the Weekly Reflex and the Davis-News Journal. 7, 1965. First issue was publ ished January In July 1969 he also bought the Sunset News from Harry Miller. For several worked part ti~e yea~s at the end of the 40's dnd early 50's he as a Linotype operator at the Deseret News. the time the Newspaper Agency ~orp. At came into being he could see the need f.or a complete coverage publ ication in the south Davis area. The South Davis Advertiser was born in October 1953. It was small in size and numbers, with about 2000 copies being mai led to homes. Now, just short of 20 y~ars later, it is nearIng 14,006. A shopper in the north Davis area (the North Davis Leader) IS about the same sIze. John has spent many hours at the keyboard of his Model 8 Linotype, for nearly 50 years. ~after John and Lucile ~ere This romance started a few months married in 1924. what she thought about buying a new linotype. John asked Lucile She said she did not know much about printing ~quipment, and for John and his father to decide. They bought it, though it was rough ~oing f~r meny ~~ars Page 4 to dig up $50 per month to pay for it. The final year the payments rose to $100 per month, worrying them al I year. Total cost was $4000. John stil I sets classifieds each week on the 8. He also helps to mail papers two nights per week, plus taking care of making out checks and paying bi I Is. Actually, the old model 8 IS about the only piece of machinery to last through the years. A number of presses have made their impression and gone on to where old presses go. And several generations of electronic equipment have buzzed through the office. The CI ipper was printed on an old Potter flatbed for about 50 years. It was bought back in the 1890's by John Stahle Sr. and Lamoni Call for about $465. Considerable ski I I was required to start the press, as it had no throwoff. When Western Newspaper Union (now Western Paper Co.) stopped printing readyprint the Stahles bought one of · the Miehle flatbeds, which handled papers for several years. But as the Advertiser grew they bought a used Goss Comet to print and fold eight pages at a time. Miehle~ What speed it seemed to have over the old four page Soon, however, this too was slow, and they bought a 16 page rotary Goss. This was replaced several years later with a 48 page Hoe, a monster t~ thril I any t~ ho~ror show.· It lasted· just abo~t ~ine months, and was replaced by a new 16 page News King offset press In April. 1965~ It is still In use. With the offset, "t"len CO~~O~l Justo~rite~s Page 5 handled text, whi Ie ads were set for a time on the two model 30 Linotype mixers. These were replaced by an Intertype Fotosetter. Later a Mergenthaler Superquick took over text and many of the ads. It was replaced in July 1972 by an Intertype Txt, which converts unjustified tape into text at about 165 I ines per minute, with a size range from 5 to 72 point. A Singer Photo Display 70 supplements the other type setting equipment. Besides the web there are two job presses, a Heidelberg KORDand an A. B. Dick 360. The moderri equipment has made it possible to cut out the al I-night sessions that were chronic for many years, though sometimes the quitting hour is sti II later than the eyes think it shou.ld be. The story IS not ended. A new Intertype 2200 system should be installed by the time this is read. This machine ~rll make it possible for the first time in printing history to see just how an ad, or a page of a book, wi I I look, the size of the type and the spacing, before it is set in type. Another process getting .underway IS color. separation, one of. the projects for 1974. The Clipper has reached its fourth generation now, with grandchildren of John being employeed. seve~al Craig runs the press, while Francine and Rebecca help in the office and punch tape. John hasn't always been right. When trying to encourage Howard and Dean to learn to pilot a Linotype he said, "If you'll ~ Page 6 like it. H The Linotype may come true. about gone. But his second desire He said his idea of heaven is to have his fami Iy and his Linotype. Linotype. IS That may soon be the only place to find a Or is it the other place that they are going? .The City () -z.,t I e:. ... Leslie T. Foy i /1 Utah's second settlement from ,pioneers to present ,) " " :,1\ {( .'jV' '. ... y \ \'" . ", Horizon Publishers v COPYRIGHT © 1975 BY HORIZON PUBLISHERS ·AII rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or any parts ~hereoC in any Corm or by any media without written permission is prohibited. .Dedicated to those individuals, living and dead, who, with courage and with determination, endured hardships and brought about the progINTERNA TIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER 0-88290-057-9 Printed in the . United States of America by HORIZON · PUBLISHERS Post Office Box 490 55 East 300 South 8ountiful, Utah 84010 292·1959 . ress that makes Bountiful a hometown of which to be proud. 176 Tim CITY BOUNTIFUL nUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Alma Hardy was able to capture much of the story ot l'a .. ly Bountiful in photographs. Many families began to take pictures with their own cameras. They would bring their films to Alma Hardy for processing. He encouraged this leisure time (}o,,~ , activity which has remained a popular pastime. The walls and roof of the photography store were made Ot~ I"~<':~ ollt of corrugated shee"ts of iron. Wallace Sessions opehe~ __ 17-t'.,..olr'~~ .barber shop at 52 South Main. Wallace was Bountiful's fi!:_~L OfJ11 barber. He had previously worked as a brickmaker at the Green brickyard. He and Mr. Green had a disagreement, which resulted in Wallace leaving the brickmaking profession to become a barber. His practice was continued in the same 10catio.~JJo.L over fift\' vears.l a- i Iii Robert Moss brought the first steam-driven sawmill to Bountiful. He and his employees worked their way up Holbrook Canyon ove .. the summit and down into Hard-scrabble in i\lorgan County. His lumbering operation extended into the Uinta Mountains where evidence of this business can be seen today. The lumber was then distributed through the Bountiful Lumber - Company. ~ Bountiful Lumber Supply Company Until 1919, the residence of Anson V. Call stood on the corner of ~lain and Second South Streets. The location became . the site of the Bountiful Lumber Supply Company. The original site of the Bountiful Lumber Company was 011 200 South just west of Main Street where the telephone office is located today. In 1892, William Loder, L. S. Heywood, H. A. Holbrook and Robert Moss entered into partnership forming the Bountiful Lumber Company. Lumber Being Hauled to Bountiful Lumber --IE 1The Davis County Clip peg Firsl HOnll! of Bounliful Lumber , .. I, Lamoni' Call had a small shop on Main Street between 1st and 2nd South where Hal's Jewelry Store is now located. At his shop he operated a watch repair service, bicycle shop and jewelry shop. In the basement of his store was the printing press of the Little Clipper. This paper was published by Lamoni Call and John Stahle, Jr. This partnership dissolved three years later. John Stahle moved his machinery to 300 North and Main Street where he built a small brick building and continued to print the Davis Coullty Clipper. In 1906, the Clipper building on IOO South Main Street was built. Before the Clipper building was constructed the site was occupied by the pool hall. Lamoni Call's family also continued to be involved in the printing business which is known ~oday as the Carr Printing Company.3 -@ I r I SC"'"': 2000 r rru I 32 33 )f t\ I; d ;t o "e 31 White bricks were made of clay, and red bricks' from black dirt taken from an area of about sixty-four acres at that location. There are now (1976) in that area 126 apartments, 25'0 homes, Bountiful City buildings, the Jeep Posse building, the Jaycee building and the old Armory. Many of these buildings are on land much lower than surrounding buildings because the soil was excavated for brickmaking. The Parley P. Hatch Brick Company used "modern methods" of brickmaking, but kiln drying was first used by the Improved Brick Company. Brick was shipped by this company throughout the country. A spur of the Union Pacific Railroad entered the brick yard and was used to haul the brick from the yard. The Improved Brick Company, owned by Salt Lakers, closed down with the development of the brick industry in Salt Lake City. However, John S. Ledingham, who had managed the Improved Brick Company, as well as the Kirk and the Hatch Brick Companies before that, operated his own company, the Bountiful Brick Company, at the site formerly occupied by the Improved Brick Company. His wife, Bertha W. Ledingham, was a partner with him in his last company. After bricks were no longer made in Bountiful, the brick kilns that were at the site of the Bountiful Brick Company were dismantled by Mr. Ledingham, and over a period of several years he sold the bricks of which they were constructed for use in building. The land was sold in 1930. DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER 96 South Main, Bountiful ~d a ld m Ie st 'I, l{, m of 'Y, 'I. The Davis County Clipper, as we know it today, grew out of a small newspaper which was begun in 1891. Lamoni Call, a young man who operated a watch repair service, bicycle shop and jewelry store, conceived an idea for a small monthly publication and "The Little Clipper" was born. In February of 1892, John Stahle, Sr. bought in as partner for $475, the amount necessary to "purchase a new press. A month later the name of the newspaper was changed to "Davis County Clipper." Mr. Stahle was designated Editor, and Lamoni Call, Manager. Within three years the partnership was dissolved, and by mutual agreement Mr. Stahle took over the publication of the paper and Mr. Call took . the job of printing. Sirtce that time the Davis County Clipper has been under the management of the Stahle family, who, through their efforts, have been among the first to bring innovations to the newspaper business. 25 D H be of or ,co N W: to ra a1 F or the early printing of the Clipper, a steam-driven press was used, but the press was later powered by the first gasoline engine in Utah. As the paper grew , the linotype was introduced into the shop. Then came the introduction of the speed presses, and e\'entually the ultra·speed electronic computer controlled type setting which is used today. \Yith these continual improvements has come increased subscriptions until today the Clipper has the largest number of subscribers of any weekly paper in Utah. . The Clipper was begun in the basement of Lamoni Call's shop which was located at about 170 South Main Street. In 1894, a new building was constructed on the $outheast corner of 3rd N9rth and Main . Streets. and this became the newspaper's second home. The Davis County Clipper has been in its present location since 1906. * * * * * In the early days, many Indians would come through Bountiful asking for flour. and the people were willing to give it to them. The hostile days were in the past. but the Indians still presented a fearsome sight. When in town, they usually were in full feathered dress and carried big, long knives in their belts. Early-day children knew better than to tease them. S( y' D N f t f 1 t c r 1 ( Downtown Area Historic Sites 1. ·2. ·3. 4. ·5. 6. 7. ·8. ·9. 10. 11. 12. ·13. 14. Jeremiah Willey Home Perrigrine Sessions Dugout Sessions Tavern Lucina and Emmorett Sessions Home Patty Sessions Academy Bamberger Electric Railroad Bljss Hall Tithing Yanis & Bountiful Ball Park Hales Hall Esther Mabey Sessions Home Bountiful Lumber & Supply Co. Stoker School Relief Society Hall (Brick Hall) Thurgood Store & Lucy Thurgood's Ice Cream Parlor Rock Mountain Bell Telephone Co. · ,1i. Wallace Sessions Barber Shop ·18. 19. ·20. 21. ·22. 23. 24. 25. Bountiful Meat Market Bountiful Tabernacle Alma Hardy's Photograph Gallery Bountiful People's Opera House & Mercantile Co. . Toby Burningham's Barber Shop Henry Rampton's Blacksmith Shop Jack Lewis Hotel & Saloon Bountiful Fort & Wall -Designates the historic location I I I period, the saints were ordered to pack their belongings in preparation for their evacuation. Lumber stacked for the Tabernacle was given to families for use as wagon boxes and storage when the army should come. With the threat of war over, the families returned and continued the interrupted work on the building, receiving pay in produce for their efforts. Remodeling occurred after 1877, when the boxed rostrum was removed and an elevated platform was built for the choir at the rear of the church. Hot water heating system was added, the old chandelier ropes were replaced, as well as the old picket fence. In 1925 further additions were made to the building in order to provide room for the mushrooming numbers of people drawn to Bountiful. This edifice is the oldest chapel in the state which has been in continuous use since its erection. This was certainly the reason why, in 1974, when officials considered tearin~ it down for a structure more filled to modem demands, the outcry from the populace provided columns for newspapers throughout the nation. This public pressure was instrumental in saving the Bountiful Tabernacle. I I BOUNTIFUL TELEPHONE COMPANIES Locations noted in article The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company was granted the right to erect poles by the county selectmen on December 31, 1883. Richard Duerden became the first resident to own a telephone. It was located in the froilt portion of his home, which also acted as a store on the southwest corner of First South and Fifth West. Service cost him approximately $100 per year. The Telluride Power Company had previously been provided with the right of establishing a telephone circuit, but the city fathers saw nothing wrong in competing companies offering the same service. Rocky Mountain Bell became the second company to be grantedthe ' right to provide this service. 'he first central office of the Bell System was located on First South an Main treet where the Davis County Clipper has its office today. There were 12 subscribers when it commenced operation in November 1903. The telephone served as a means of gathering news. A ring of ten was the signal of the news gatherers. When aU partielf were listening, the news gatherer would ask questions regarding unusual events, visitors, births and deaths, with pauses after each question allowing for a response. In 1904 all night service was started. By 1905 thirty new subscribers had phones. Warnings were given concerning telephone monopoly. People were advised to let the operators know when they were not at home so that operator time would not be 20 wasted. There were 208 phones by September, 1906, each ~me having a special ring. Even though this was so, it was a common occurrence for many people on the some line to listen in on the calls of others. Rocky Mountain Bell bought out the Home Telephone and Electric Company in 1912 for $30,000. In 1910 all telephone lines were changed to four·party lines. By 1926 there were 409 telephones in Bountiful, with 39 operators for assistance. The telephone company, in cooperation with the U.S. Weather Bureau, in 1909, aided fruit growers in Bountiful by warning them of frosts as la~ as July 2. By 1926 telephones were used for the first time as a means of assembling the election returns to speed up election results. A new telephone building was established at 67 North Main in 1929. By 1934 people no longer had to tum a crank in their homes to call the operator. If the receiver was off the hook, a light alerted the operator. Several calaniities occurred duririg the early years of the telephone in Bountiful. On October 1906 an east wind destroyed many telephone lines and poles. The same wind damaged the packing plant in Woods Cross. An electric storm on September 6, 1907 put 200 phones out of order and caused over $100 damag.no lines 'aiid poles. Wind damage occurred in 1910, and again in 1919. A railroad car full of explosives blew up near Becks Hot Springs in 1910 destroying 50 wires for four spans. • • • • • II I I ,I l i I ! The Sego Lily, native to Utah and surrounding states, is perhaps the daintiest and most charming of all wild flowers. It was in the spring of 1848 that the pioneers first saw the Sego Lily and enjoyed its delicate beauty, unaware that it would help in sustaining them through the hard winters ahead whenever the summer and fall harvests were scant. The friendly Indians told the people about the roots and bulbs of the Sego, and urged them to eat them, either raw or cooked, or dried and ground into a meal. Soon men, women and children began digging the precious bulbs, and sometimes groups of children would spend the day, returning at night with sacks or buckets fUled. It was children who were instrumental in establishing the Sego Lily as the state flower in 1911, after voting almost unanimously in its favor when a census was taken in the schools. In Val Verda, about 1932, a thoughtful Sunday School superintendent and his family went to the foothills and gathered enough Sego Lilies to prescnt one to each father to wear in his lapel on F'ather;s Day. 21 Thomas G.Smlth Architects SHEETN.O .,..-_____------~---- O.F~---.:,......-'-"""""-_'__~ CALCU.L", TE.D BY _ _ _ _~_~_ _'o_'-"'--'" DA.TE _ _........- _ - ' -......_ _~ CHECKED BY _ _~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ SC ... LE dJ . . rrr .. ,."".'''~''''.".''''' ":·>~'-~·t·'"t,,···-· .~i ····rr-·--t. ···r·_···· 1)\ I' , I D... T~~~ ___ ~ __ ~ JOB _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Thomas G. 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