| Show THE FORMATION MEETING AND AFTERWARD Webb pointed out that most of the newsmen were from other walks of life -some were farmers and cattlemen for example -and almost all were new to journalism and had scant experience in printing and newsgathering Insense the Lehi editor was pinpointing both himself and his father George when he described typical territorial editors miller by trade British-born George Webb had become involved in newspapering in 1891 withgroup of business and professional men who established Lehifirst paper the Banner Walter his eldest son was better educated than his father and most of his contemporaries since hestudied at Brigham Young Academy and had taught two years in Levan He came into newspapering after the elder Webb became the Bannersole owner Walter recalled in his autobiography that what his father lacked in formal education he made up by reading widely and through his own efforts becamewell-educated man andleader in his community Utah Territory then had six daily papers Three of them the Deseret News the Tribune and the Herald were in Salt Lake City Two the Standard and the Sun were in Ogden and the other the Enquirer in Provo There were 27 less-than daily newspapers in 25 communities spaced from Logan in the north to Richfield in the south Three communities had competing papers Brigham City with the Box Elder Voice and the Brigham Bugler Logan where the tri-weekly Journal and the semi-weekly Nation were published and Provo with the daily Enquirer opposing the semi-weekly Dispatch number of lessthan-daily foreign-language fraternal political and church publications such as Svenska Harolden the Juvenile Instructor and Rocky Mountain Christian Instructor were located in Salt Lake City but were not newspapers of general circulation That informing the populace through newspapers wasneed still being met is evidenced by the birth of both the Independent serving newly-incorporated Sandy and the Record at Cedar City in the month during which Mr Webbgroup was laying the foundation of the press association Neither paper exists today The Sandy publication originated 13 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
