| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION George Cannon During his lifetime more than three hundred of his discourses were printed in various publications His editorials for The Juvenile Instructor numbered well overthousand and the editorials written for The Millennial Star and The Deseret News were uncounted hundreds One could add to that his writings in The Western Standard Congressional reviews and historical articles Early in his career Cannon learned to becareful observer of people his surroundings and events He wasconstant reader and possessedremarkable memory which served him well in his varied assignments He early recognized that people needed good newspapers to have healthy sound and high-toned minds He added This makes the position of ajournalistmost responsible one Wendell Ashton concludeschapter of his book Voice in the West with this summary The era that had ushered in the daily and had seen the News operation expand in book publishing and other fields as well as in news-dispensing had now come to an end In the period past George Cannon had done more than startdaily He had brought financial victories to the establishment He had kept the tone of the newspaper high Cannon had directed the News through torrents of abuse toward the Mormon people both at home and abroad His clear reasonable and readable writing had defended his people brilliantly KARL CARLTON Beaver County News Born February 1866 Died October 15 1960 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1970 man whose life had taken him to many places of resi dence from the Midwest to the Pacific Coast Karl Carlton was 51 years of age and without newspaper experience when in 1916 he becameUtah publisher During the next seventeen years he was an assertive and widely-quoted editorialist and successfully produced two Beaver County newspapers which before and after him were frequently financial failures 444 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
