| Show UPA FUNCTIONS -THEN AND NOW like you If you are printing water notices for 50 kindly writeline to Mr State Engineer and say No more 10 or nothing orcentsline There will bebig sputtering and much excitement but sit tight donget excited and he will come through If he bluffs about the other fellow you writeletter to the other fellow telling him what you have done and if he has spark of manhood in him he will refuse the notices at any less price than the rate you have offered In one week well two weeks every paper that prints water notices can get at least 10 for them if they have any backbone Many displayed backbone and like all other legal publications firm rates were soon established for the printing of water notices Utahnewspapers have never relaxed their efforts to see that all governing bodies routinely publishstatement of their activities and expenditures of the publicmoney The result of this ongoing crusade has been system whereby virtually all legal matters which are of importance to the public can only be conducted after adequate advance printed notice Even so many legally-required announcements do not appear in print throughcombination of oversight by officials and or failure by newspapers to literally look over the shoulders of such officials In 1964 Max Mangum Salt Lake City attorney employed by the association to compile in book form all required legal notices warned the Board of Directors Utah publishers are losing literally hundreds of thousands of dollars each year by not requiring that all publication laws be enforced Mr Mangum might also have cited the publicloss because they were unaware of often-vital pending actions as the result of legal notices not appearing in print No one could deny the allegation that many publishers were interested in the income to be derived from legal notices But italso true that the vast majority were equally con cerned about the publicright to know Early Utah journalists certainly didnenter the business with the accumulation of wealth their primary objective They sought to serve the communication needs of their respective areas and knowing 247 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
