| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION there on June 16 1913 they married Howard had one un tested ambition -farming and ranching -and for two years after their marriage he pursued his agricultural hopes near Montague California -and failed It was then he introduced his wife to community newspapers joining the Moab Independent which was launched in May 1916 by Strong Opposed by the 20-year old Grand Valley Times the new publication struggled from the start and Cherry soon realized the outcome was inevitable He moved on to Marysvale where on January 1918 he took over the troubled Piute Chieftain Confirming his judgement the Moab Independent was absorbed later that year by the Times In both ventures Orsa learned the lessons traditionally taughtprinterdevil handset composition hand-inking presses and folding papers She also became familiar with the problems of news-writing expressing editorial opinions and soliciting advertising and subscriptions Their newspaper know-how is undoubtedly why neither she nor her spouse questioned the logic of closing the doors of the Chieftain after little more thanyear Cecil Alter outlined the situation in these terms in his book Early Utah Journalism Cherryfaith was not sufficiently contagious for on March 20 1919 he writes Thirty and graciously refrains from saying in his Valedictory all that he thought Actually it provedblessing in disguise Hauling the Piute paperequipment with them the Cherry publishing team took over the Gunnison Gazette on May 1919 They promptly changed its name to the Gunnison Valley News in recognition of its role as the newspaper serving the valley of the Gunnison River and neighboring communities of Fayette Centerfield and Axtel Gunnison itself then hadpopulation of100 It was and is community unique in Utah newspaper annals for it has never had competing papers and the first one founded there is still being published albeit withdiffer ent name The Gazette had started October 20 1899 with Gledhill Son on the masthead The Cherry publishing era began two decades later and continued for 52 years Having witnessed more than enough newspaper failures 452 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
