| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Ashby briefly revived the Duchesne masthead then reconsidered and stopped the venture permanently GARLAND Two papers successively served Garland in northern Box Elder County for over 70 years before the Times was acquired by TremontonLeader and the masthead was erased Perhaps nearly erased would be more accurate for the resultant publication was known for many years as the Leader-Garland Times Arthur Wixom whose nickname was Cussin in reac tion to his sometimes fiery behavior was the principal member ofgroup which launched the communityfirst paper the Garland Globe on February 10 1906 It remained in publication until 1925 with Wixom the publisher native of Brigham City he wasbrother of Hall of Fame newsman Solomon Wixom co-publisher of the Box Elder News-Journal Arthur had beenmechanical staff member of the Brigham Bugler the Box Elder Herald and the Ogden Standard-Examiner andminority stockholder in the Box Elder News The Globe and its equipment were sold in 1926 to William Little of the Bear River Valley Leader in Tremonton Two years later Roy Wallin Dale Gibson and Vernald Johns were partners in establishingnew paper the Garland Times Its publisher with the greatest longevity proved to be Vernald Johns who became its owner in 1936 and sold it in September 1957 to Andy Rytting of Tremonton Subsequently Garland along with Tremonton has been served by the Leader the paper which became identified as the Leader-Garland Times GRANTSVILLE Grantsville which had first been known as Twenty Wells and then as Willow Creek experienced its first newspaper on January 1912 with the start ofshort-lived publication called the Reflex Its trio of co-publishers 114 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
