| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME tion of the Reporter Publishing Co to put in some much-needed machinery and material now that it has bigger and more spacious quarters Though the process of producingnewspaper was largely unchanged during his three-plus decades in Eureka publisher Huish was in many wayspace-setter He pioneered reproduction of halftones from zinc etchings in less-than-daily papers as early as 1903 And during the Christmas season of that year he produced an illustration utilizing an additional color quite unusual effort in early newspapering The Reporter accurately chronicled the growth of Tinticmining and provided extensive technical information about the richness of ore bodies depth of mining efforts establishment of smelters and the impact of the Eureka areaproduction on world markets Asresult it gained prominence in mining circles and its circulation included people knowledgeable about precious metals throughout the United States and even abroad In 1908 Huish lashed out at the mining editor of the Salt Lake Herald who had predicted the demise of Tintic produc tion He doesnknow ore from sugar beets Huish raged but sets himself up asprophet seer and revelator like good wine needs no proving sufficient Tintic The truth about the mining is Such sallies probably prompted Sam Raddon the oft quoted editor of the Record in Park City mining town not unlike Eureka to comment The Reporter is one of the breeziest Republican weeklies in the state Huish stoutly supported everything beneficial to the Tintic area and to Eureka in particular He worked forhigh school asserting it would not only offer additional education to local youngsters but would eliminate the necessity for those who wantedhigh school education to live in Nephi Payson or one of the other east-valley towns in order to acquire it The school came to pass when the Eureka Mammoth and Silver City districts merged to create Tintic High Though he was personally more ardent about fishing and hunting editor Huish devoted much news space to the promo 559 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
