| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME companies so did not participate in the Journaldifficult financial times which led to two different ownerships and finally an 1889 change of name to the Logan Journal Earl rejoined the newspaper under owner Sloan who contemporaries asserted published the best paper Cache Valley ever had and became its mechanical foreman Thus when an opportunity came to lease the struggling publication he joined its bookkeeper Charles England in testing their publishing talents It wassuccessful test In 1900 the partners organized Earl and England Publishing Company with Jesse as president and purchased the newspaper It was an arrangement which would be undisturbed for the next three decades England supervised editorial content and on February 11 1897 acquired the services of an outstanding editor in Augustus Gordon He would guide the papernews writing for 36 years before his death on November 10 1929 In his book Early Utah Journalism newspaper historian Cecil Alter wrote Mr Gordon became one of the stateoutstanding Jjournalists Meanwhile Earl gradually developed one of the most complete printing plants outside Utahmetropolitan area When far-sighted Loganites createdhydro-electric generating plant at the mouth of the canyon above their city the Journal in March 1896 became Utah only newspaper with an electric-powered press Electricity also began to melt the lead in its Linotypesfew years later another innovative move On January 1917 the Logan Journal becamedaily newspaper and maintained that frequency throughout the remainder of the Earl and England ownership Observers praised them for their editorial insistence on good government policies and for reflecting the individual social life of both city and county It was felt the Journal equally represented the various civic and religious groups and its files formed an accurate and interesting history of the Cache County commu nities which formed its circulation base The co-owners were both active in Utah State Press Asso485 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
