| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Utah He was admitted without charge with the understanding that he would takeNormal course in order to teach in the public schools Along with 12 others in his class he earneddiploma and had the distinction of being valedictorian of his graduating class He became interested in newspaper work in 1891 almost by accident Because he had returned frommission in England for the Latter-day Saints Church too late to secureteaching assignment in that school year he acceptedbookkeeping position with the the Logan Journal He would remain in newspapering for the rest of his active years Founded in 1882 as the Utah Journal the newspaper became the property of Sloan in 1889 and its name was changed to Logan Journal Two years later he relinquished it togroup of non-newspaper people who employed England as their office representative In 1894 deciding they were too occupied with other matters to give proper attention to the paper the group leased it to co-partners England and Jesse Earl the composing room foreman In 1900 the two acquired co-ownership An early claim to fame for the Logan newspaper was its conversion to electric power for the operation of its presses in 1896change made possible by Loganpioneering entry into hydroelectric power generation No other Utah newspaper was then printed with electrically-driven presses Other mechanical improvements were made from year to year and the Journal became known for having one of the best equipped plants in the state Thanks to the skills of Augustus Gordon 40-year old editor who joined the staffin 1897 it was also recognized for the quality of its journalism England and Earl made their publicationdaily on January 1917 Gordon would remain the editor until his death on November 10 1929 Merger of the weekly South Cache Courier and Smithfield Sentinel by owners Jacob Wahlen and Ralph Channell on December 11 1925 went virtually unnoticed by the Logan daily but the future impact would be significant The paper renamed the Cache Valley Herald gradually converted from 488 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
