| Show THE TERRITORY EARLIEST NEWSPAPERS for dominance in the Price marketplace until July 1915 when Benfer took over his competitor and unveiled the merged News-Advocate But the struggle for newspaper leadership in Price hadncome to an end for another masthead had already appeared on the scene It was the Price Sun launched June 1915 by the Crockettsfull month before they surrendered their Advocate to Benfer For that period of time they were in fact competing with themselves as well as BenferNews Why this strange sequence Inmove that would have future importance the Crocketts had briefly turned over management of the Advocate on July 1913 to lessee publisher Fred Watrous formerly of the Duchesne Record His wasbrief tenure and they returned not long thereafter then guided the paper until its consolidation with the News The Sun came into existence asresult of that lessee arrangement Robert Crockett explained the publication was being sent to subscribers of the Eastern Utah Advocate in accordance withDistrict Court ruling that the Advocatesubscription lists and books were the property of one Marcussen as receiver The Sun was in fact virtual continuation of the paper the Crockett brothers had published in the past In an editorial years later John Crockett clarified it in this way When my brother andleased the Advocate to Fred Watrous with an option to buy the plant the name of the Eastern Utah Advocate was in some way omitted and Watrous retained the same later selling it to the Carbon County News that paper taking the name News-Advocate We then began the Sun One or both of the Crockett brothers would publish the Sun before and after Robertdeath on February 22 1930 In that period of time 1915-1932 Price had not only benefitted from the talents of the Crocketts but those of Cooper and his wife Grace of the News-Advocate They suc ceeded Benfer as publishers on December 31 1915 and follow 39 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
