| Show YOUNG PAPERS THAT ACTUALLY ARE OLD at that time Hence the paper was titled the Millard County Chronicle Dissatisfied with both town names Dresser cam paigned fornew identity and Delta was adopted in 1911 He sold the paper to Homer Busenbark an Oklahoman on January 1914 and it became the property of Charles Davis of Cokeville Wyoming on March 11 1915 Four years later the Delta State Bank took over ownership and its cashier Frank Beckwith was installed as Managing Editor on February 20 1919 He very shortly decided to buy the paper and thus beganthree generation family operation extending to the current time Frank Beckwith successor was his son Frank who was the publisher without title for many years prior to his fatherdeath in 1951 and then the owner-of-record until he passed away on May 12 1956 For more thandecade beginning in 1958 management was in the hands of Robert and Inez Riding He wasDelta native whobecomeprinter at the Chronicle and then newspapered in western Colorado The daughter of Frank Beckwith Sue Dutson in partnership with FillmoreBill Wilson bought the paper back from the Ridings in 1970 Dutson was responsible for the merger with the Fillmore publication and the hyphenated name of todaynewspaper Itgenerally agreed that neither of the two feminine publishers of the paper were editorially timid Both have fit the description calledspadespade and if necessary put an appropriate adjective with it Mrs Riding in particular is remembered for wordless editorial in the Chronicle It consisted of several inches of blank space withincolumn which reported on the visit to Delta ofUtah Congressman Leading into the white space were the words Important matters in the Congressmantalk were Needless to say the unique critique amused and amazed fellow journalists Fillmore acquiredsecond paper in January 1978 when Dale and Janette Whipple inaugurated the Millard County Gazette It has become one of Utahfew publications withnon-resident publisher the Whipples residing in West Valley City and commuting as necessary to produce the publication 85 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
