| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Spanish Fork again hadcommunity publication this one destined to succeed Withinmonth after acquiring the newspaper Warner began to do what editors traditionally do write editorials His first one chastized unnamed citizens In all communities we find people who are ever ready to belittle the work of others They re commonly called mud-slingers We are sorry to note that there arefew of those in our city persons who are ready at all times to pick flaws in the work of everybody else The old saying is To err is human to forgive divine We re not sure but what it would work just as well to say overlook instead of forgive No good can come frompublic attempt to condemn the city or the city officials If anyone has just grounds for com plaint let them make it to the proper authorities and not give it out to those whose chief object is to assassinate characters Two years afterward Elisha soldhalf-interest to his brother-in-law George Yates In February 1914 Yates in turn sold his interest to Ezra Warner and the brothers became co-publishers It wasbusiness partnership that would con tinue until 1942 -Elisha as editor and Ezra as business manager The brothers Warner were optimistic about the future when they paid 800 forModelLinotype in 1916 for it representedyearfinancial proceeds of the newspaper But they would no longer have to hand-set its type laborious procedure by which evenskilled individual could produce no more than three columns of news material per day In 1923 new Lee cylinder press expedited production and from time to time improved commercial printing equipment was also added for job shops help make small-town newspapers financially stable Through the years from his 20s to his 60s Warnereditorial approach was gentle persuasion not caustic bombardment even when in 1922 elimination of village mail delivery was threatened He organizedcommunity protest to the Postal Committee and penned If you citizens feel that the free delivery of your mail to your door isgood and beneficial 646 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
