| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION intermittently until August 14 1874 Neither met the specifics of newspapering though for AlterEarly Utah Journalism comments Like its chimerical juvenile predecessor it was not exactlynewspaper Still its publisher was to be commended for trying to maintainperiodical which depended entirely on outside sources for newsprint and was frequently halted for weeks attime when it was unavailable On June 14 1878 Carpenter unveiled The Union which he described in these words first class newspaper which we hope the Union will be Heretofore the people of St George and vicinity have been very negligent in encouraginghome paper The products of the country will be taken in payment when cash cannot be paid The paper used for the Union is homemade and was manufactured at Salt Lake City Like his previous efforts the Union appeared spasmodically was relocated to Bloomington then returned to St George and finally on May 19 1898 ceased publication Meanwhile however the determined journalist of UtahDixie briefly produced in 1879daily publication the St George Evening Telegram It was trulynewspaper and though small in size reflected printing competence Its edito rial content was taken from wires of the Deseret Telegraph Company which had opened from Salt Lake City to St George in 1867 primarily for the use of LDS Church president Brigham Young who wintered in the warmer desert climate The first issue was on Tuesday April 1879 the last was 23 days later Carpenter then returned to production of The Union and with its demise disappeared from the ranks of Utahnewsmen The Juvenile had been preceded in 1868 by Our Dixie Times published by Joseph Johnson veteran publisher with extensive experience in Nebraska After inaugurating the publication on January 22 1868 he struggled to stay afloat like Carpenter fighting the constant shortage of newsprint and evidently unlike his youthful competitor experiencing considerable difficulty in finding and keeping competent printers On May 13 1868 Johnson announced he was changing the name to the Rio Virgin Times On October 28th he revised 74 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
