| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION paigned for laws requiring cities and counties to publish their ordinances and financial reports insisting is right and proper that taxpayers know where the money is going Carlton acquired the Beaver Press in 1919 and moved his family to that community where both papers were then printed While he continued to edit the News his wife was in charge of the Beaver publication Twice thereafter the Press was sold to owners who defaulted The first in 1921 was Timothy Brownhill who was publisher foryear The second in 1927 was Sanders who returned it to Carlton June 1933 At that time Walter Carlton became the 26-year old publisher He would remain until early in World War II when he left to work in essential industry While travelling extensively in retirement Karl pennedcolumn On Our Way which was published overperiod of time in the Beaver Press He and his wife eventually retired in southern California where he passed away October 15 1960 at age 94 Tracing his travels before coming to Utah isveritable geography lesson He was born February 1866 at Mantua Ohio one of two children of David Dudley and Marsha Melin da Sheldon Carlton His father had beenCivil War soldier In 1868 the family moved to Indiana then to Illinois In 1873 David Carlton homesteaded 160-acre plot near Wichita Kansas but fared so badly that he made his livelihood by working ascarpenter In 1876 he homesteaded another site near Garden Plains Kansas where 120 acres were planted in wheat and 10-year old Karl drove four oxen hitched to the plow to break the soil for the planting In 1879 the family was visited by relatives from Illinois The Carltons were living insmall house the rear of which waslog cabin with dirt floor Though snow came through cracks and covered his bed at night this was where Karl slept Corn stalks and buffalo chips were burned for warmth and cooking His parents were persuaded to allow Karl to return to Illinois with the family members and there he attended school The Carltons abandoned Kansas in 1880 moving to Durango Colorado where they were rejoined by Karl He graduated from high school there and when the principal 446 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
