| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION over the state making speeches members of his party and with the he becamepower politically The Enquirer was assertive news reporting Enough so that in and meeting with other influence of his newspaper both editorially and in its 1894 its publisher was sued for criminal libel bySpringville election judge who felt hebeen wronged to the monetary figure of 25 000 Andyear later byProvoan who resented being labelledcounterfeiter and felt his character had been marred by some 10 000 In both casesDistrict Courtverdict was no cause for action If the paper hadflaw it was evidently too much business The critique of historian Alter read The Enquirer wasmost excellent newspaper formingsplendid local history until about 1893 when advertisements began to crowd out news badly It must have hadmonopoly and was enjoying it Graham was prominently associated withnumber of Provoleading business institutions and was one of the incorporators of the First National Bank of which he wasdirector for many years He was alsodirector of the Provo Cooperative Institution and many other prominent and successful business concerns Largely under his guidance theater was built completed in 1885 and Graham became manager It was Excellent performances were given fornumber of years by both the home company and traveling troupes In 1892 he was appointed Postmaster and served in that capacity for two years He wasmember of the City Council in 1882-83 and was one of the early members of the board of the State Agricultural College For many years he served ashome missionary for his church and was one of the presidents of the 34th Quorum of Seventies at the time of his death Following him in printing careers were four sons and three grandchildren One son Graham was associated with him in the later years of the Enquirer and continued to manage the commercial shop after his death in combination with another son Earl and later bygrandson Howard Graham In 1902 son John Graham Jr established New 548 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
