| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION he died in Salt Lake City on December 1979 In his autobiography Warner remembered Andrew Jensen predicting he too might becomepublisher knew Mr Jensen to bepower for good because of his paper he recalled He wasman looked up to ascivic leader and the thought thatmight succeed to his position and influence in the life of the community was an air castle of such nebulous struc ture that it had never been formed in my mind Seven decades later his journalistic achievements are evidence Jensenyoung printerdevil went on to become one of Utahfinest journalists and richly deserves his place among its newspaper notables SOLOMON CLARENCE WIXOM Box Elder News Born April 22 1875 Died July 1952 Installed in Hall of Fame at Salt Lake City 1968 In 1890 he wasprinterdevil for the widely-quoted Brigham Bugler the first newspaper in his home town decade later he becamepart-owner of the Box Elder News another of the cityrespected publications When he retired in 1941 Solomon Wixom had spent nearlyhalf-century as journalist in the town of his birth The Buglerplant like almost all its counterparts in communities throughout the nation produced bothnewspaper and commercial printing It belonged to an era when these small but important establishments frequently displayed sign reading We print anything except wallpaper and money You can use our newspaper for wallpaper Wixom was 15 years old when he started with the Bugler on August 1890 Three years later he became its foreman Unlike most such publications in that time it hadcomparatively large staff Mansfield Snow who had founded it on June 14 1890 was editor and his sister Virginia Snow was his assistant talented writer she later taught at the University of Utah Jacobsen was the foreman and Wixom joined 650 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
