| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME store The Lehi Banner was established May 29 1891 Two years later in the issue of June 15 1893 this story headlined Married was printed Yesterday witnessed the wedding of two of Lehipopular young people the groom being James Kirkham and the bride Miss Kate Woodhouse They were married in the Salt Lake Temple being the first couple from here Little did the male subject of the story imagine heone day own the newspaper After gaining experience in several business ventures including management of the Lehi Mercantile Company and Kirkham and Asher Musical Instrument Merchants M or M by either of which designations he was popularly known acceptedcall ontwo-year full-term mission for his Church At this time he was the father of four children The California mission provided experience at Riverside and San Francisco and in addition at Portland Oregon Returning to Lehi he resumed the business he knew best merchandising He established Kirkham Kash Ko selling Dry Goods Shoes Groceries and Furnishings His new store located in the Garff Building in downtown Lehi was opened in the 1904-1905 time frame Imbued with the business philosophy It Pays To Advertise and consequentlymajor advertiser in his local newspaper unwittingly movedM closer to his eventual role with the Lehi Banner At this time he had several businesses going simultaneously among them the new store and the Opera House with its occasional traveling troupes home dramatics and the first weekly moving pictures in Lehi Though he built several billboards and did his own posting to advertise his shows and movies more advertising and publicity his many activities needed This becamemajor expense item one for which he had to pay other organizations And So when they were out of his control which he did not like the opportunity came along in 1912 he bought the Lehi Banner and its printing plant from its founding publisher George Webb The sole purpose he would reminisce was to 573 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
