| Show CHAPTER FOUR Some Succeeded Many More DidnThe territoryfirst paper The Deseret News was for eight years its only publication Then on November 1858 The Valley Tan originated at Camp Floyd under the direction of Kirk Anderson Its official title was in fact Kirk AndersonValley Tan The name was interesting and as Anderson predicted it would excited some curiosity He explained in the initial edi tion Valley Tan was first applied to the leather made in this Territory in contradistinction to the imported article from the States it gradually began to apply to every article made or manufactured or produced in the Territory and means in the strictest sense Home Manufactures sic until it has entered and become an indispensable word in our Utah vernacular Some observers would later contend the verbage applied even more to another Valley Tan the product ofdistillery in the valley Which was named for the other issealed secret wrote Kenner in Utah As It Is his historical treatise They were however properly endowed forname in common both being long range paralyzers he added Valley Tan ledhectic two-year existence during which it was labelled rabid anti-Mormon weekly and was the subject ofLegislative resolution calling it libelous and scurrilous sheet Its founder departed for the East in mid-May 1859 shortly after he was confronted by an angry group ondowntown Salt Lake City street As he described it at least eight men in number armed with guns and who as we approached withinfew feet of them cocked their guns and placed themselves directly in front of us inhostile manner One of the number firedpistol The incident evidently convinced Anderson that his health was more important than expressing editorial opinions and John Hartnett forthwith became pub 51 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
