| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION served There was nothing to be done about it it was one of those incidents to which newspaper men are liable anywhere which are of frequent occurence to Gentiles in Utah and for which there is no remedy there The Daily Journal was praised on May 1871 by the Deseret News which observed The paper presentsvery creditable appearance It indulges in high hopes for the future of Corrine Only three weeks later though the Journaleditor was labelled by the Ogden Junction Mormon eater once more in hot water Of the Daily Mail historian Cecil Alter wrote after researching its 1874 files Being published at Corrine is suffi cient assurance that its policy was anti-Mormon The news service gradually improved and the items were written withlittle more definite slant against the Mormons Usually there were no editorials but when run they were hot The Recordpolicies were reflected in the fact both its bow and its demise took place in 1877 Launched asdaily it dwindled to thrice-weekly then semi-weekly and then after nine months to none-at-all weekly DeseretMillard County Blade was sufficiently tart to provoke an Indian scare which led to the papermove to Nephi Alter describes an Indian scare as way of referring to supposed secret but summary exterminations by Danites or Destroying Angels alias Mormon vigilantes Choosing up sides in the Mormon debate was of sufficient importance that the American Newspaper Directory in that era carrieddescriptive line affirming if it so-chose that particular paperstand The 1885 version said of the Southern Utah Times in Frisco Independent Anti-Mormon It was also described by contemporaries in these terms LoganUtah Journal called it An insignificant and disreputable sheet The Salt Lake Democrat labelled it That lying contemptible sheet printed by devils edited in Hell KanabKane County News was strongly anti-polygamy and opposed to church leaders as late as 1916 But it was reported committee of Church authorities waited on him editor Will Dobson andnew light led him intodivergent 274 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
