| Show COLORFUL PUBLISHERS She also became -THEN AND NOW fluent in the Ute Indian tongue and decided to give the Basin its first newspaper Heream today The Uintah Papoose young in years and experience she wrote in the opening edition But if time will tellhope to become heap big chief me My paper talk will be limited butI shall use my eyes and ears and let you all know what is going on from one end of the county to the other may wail sometimes as any papoose will butgood medicine will benew subscrip tion It was well-supported by community businesses and often acknowledged in their publications by fellow Territorial publishers Still the Papoose changed hands after one year Mrs Boan selling it at the outset of 1892 to James Barker and retiring from newspapering Somewhat unique among Utahearly journalists she left the field with money in her pocket as opposed to many who had nothing to show for their venture but unpaid bills No list of entrepreneurial publishers would be complete without the name of James Kirkham Lehi businessman he entered the weekly field because he wanted to create better advertising medium for his enterprises In the after math he published three Utah County papers created the highly-successful Utah Farmer and concluded his career inmanagement position with the Deseret News His life is chronicled among those commemorated in the Newspaper Hall of Fame Early registration lists identifynoteworthy trend in the associationmembership It was the advent of feminine participation marked by the arrival of Miss Adaline Ross of the Lehi Banner at the 1897 conclave Whether or not it reflected chilly reception given the young lady by what was then an allmale organization no other female registrants were recorded until 1906 when Mary Anderson of the ChildrenFriend was elected recording secretary the first lady to hold office in the association Mrs Ann Cannon of the Young WomenJournal Salt Lake City publication was in attendance in 1908 and Miss Anderson was elected treasurer in 1909 Thereafter women journalists were frequently involved in 185 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
