| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME driven drum cylinder press two job presses paper cutter an extensive array of hand type and the many other pieces of equipment necessary to producenewspaper Editorial space was in the front It was housed inframe building located south of the Webb home at 100 East 400 North Gaisford remained in this position for ten years during which time Ole Peterson also became an employee as busi ness increased In June 1912 James Kirkham Lehi businessman entered the publishing field by purchasing the Banner He gradually createdmodern printing plant in Lehi to turn out the Utah Farmer which had been launched in conjunction with the local newspaper modelLinotype with four magazines producing 10 and 12 point type two-revolu tion book press modern hand-type faces in cabinets stones folding machine and additional job presses were assembled in large brick building at 100 East and 600 North Kirkham plant was second to none south of Salt Lake City andlengthy period of improved printing operations and publication development was underway The Linotype was one of the first placed inless-than-daily or semi-weekly plant in the state In 1914 Lorenzo Gaisford entered the newspaper field in American Fork He and Ross purchased the 12-year old Citizen Ross later sold his interest to Lorenzo in 1919 On August 15 1914 the Lehi Sun was created by Arthur and his fellow-worker Ole Peterson In 1917 it took over the Banner The Lehi plant continued to progress under Arthurdirection after Petersoninterests were acquired His four sons joined the organization in turn Frank Victor Ted and Earl all learned one phase or another of the business and later became partners with their father This operation thrived until June 1922 when the Deseret News Publishing Company of Salt Lake City pur chased the Utah Farmer from James Kirkham and moved its production to their plant in the capital city Kirkham remained as General Manager The sale left the Arthur Gaisford family with an expanded plant and only the weekly publication and commercial printing to produce 517 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
