| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 1909 with the Times Published by Joseph Barlow of the neighboring Murray Eagle in partnership with Goff the paper lasted less thanyear In 1914 more-successful venture the Messenger emerged with Barlow as publisher It would continue until 1922 under Barlow and then in 1933 becamevictim of the Great Depression Its final co-publishers were Ewing Clark and Vernon Gray During the mid-1920s and early Depression years the Midvale Journal was linked with the Murray Eagle and the Draper Journal in2 000-plus circulation triumvirate which sought to link the three south-county communities Begun asMidvale-Murray duo the two were labelled South Salt Lake CountyPublicity Twins The Draper publication sponsored by the communityCivic Club and edited by John Peterson originated in 1927 Eventually the Depression eliminated all but the Murray paper Howard Barrows who had sold the Bingham Bulletin year earlier launched Midvalenext paper the Ute Sentinel in 1936 He would publish it until October 1954 when Parr and Vivian Godfrey formerly owners of the Royalton Minnesota Banner bought the Sentinel It had by then been re titled Midvale rather than Ute Later to keep pace with the growth of southern Salt Lake County the papername was changed to the Jordan Valley Sentinel with East West and South editions to serve surround ing communities and their then-rural environs The Godfreys turned publishing duties over to their son David and son-in-law James Landers on October 1972 Their publication extended into the West Jordan Riverton and Bluffdale area as it went through substantial population growth They were co-publishers until selling to Diversified Suburban Newspapers on September 1984 The Sentinel was then absorbed into the Green Sheet group When Gail Stahle of Bountiful acquired the Green Sheet Newspapers from the Diversified Suburban organization on December 1994 the Sentinel like others in the group 120 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
