| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION collegiate newspaper the Utah Statesman It circulates on the campus of Utah State University and tocertain extent into the community Its masthead proclaims it to have been the campus voice since 1902 The500-circulation tri-weekly paper under the direction of USUadministration affiliated with Utah Press Association when the membership criteria was expanded to embrace publications not generally distribut ed At the time of the associationcentennial observance its publisher was Jay Wamsley MAGNA Early newspapering in Magna was more or less tied to that of Garfield though that town no longer exists They were neighboring communities whose residents for the most part were employed in the copper mining and smelting industry Since they had common interests itnot surprising that the newspapers which served them followed like paths The areafirst publication the Magna-Garfield Messenger had brief exposure around 1916-18 and left no files It was published by Joseph Barlow of the Murray Eagle The next attempt the Magna Courier was established in 1920 by Thompkins and also vanished with scarcelytrace devoid of files TodayMagna Times actually began as the Magna Banner and its roots are interlocked with those of the nolonger-published Garfield Leader Both were launched April 21 1922 by veteran newspaperman Lorin Kramer then publisher of the nearby Tooele Bulletin member of the bar heserved as Salt Lake County Attorney in 1916 Kramer edited the Bingham Bulletin the Mercur Miner and several other near-to-Tooele publications Hebecome involved with the Tooele Bulletin before embarking on the Magna-Garfield weeklies His name and those of Clem Porter and Willard Jones were associated with the Magna-Garfield papers for four years before they were acquired by Howard Jarvis in 1926 Jarvis changed the Banner to the Magna Times in 1927 and published it and the Leader until October 26 1935 when 90 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
