| Show THE UTAH NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME Jacob Peterson asyouthful apprentice Often on such newspapers the editor was master of many trades His versatility made possible quick changes from reporter to advertising salesman editorial writer to typesetter proofreader to pressman He then became circulation manager job printer commercial artist and usually the volunteer leader of varied community enterprises Evidence of the Buglerquality was the Millard County Blade1893 assertion The Bugler isnsurpassed in contents or makeup by any country weekly published in the Territory The Provo Dispatch echoed The Bugler seems indeedsleek well-fed paper It is in every way worthy of the splendid patronage it is receiving Historian Cecil Alter observed however that Mansfield Snow and the Bugler were too good to remain there On April 1899 the paper closed its doors and moved to Ogden known widely as the graveyard of Western journalism Wixom too went to Ogden where he worked for the Weber County Times edited by Snow Aftershort time though he quit his job and came back to Brigham City to stay openinggeneral store on the corner of Fifth South and Main Street He gave that up withinyear and went back to newspapering with the Box Elder County News which had begun in April 1894 with Hunter as editor and publisher and his wife Edith the associate editor In 1898 the Hunters were succeeded by Charles Pasco and Hyrum Standing who dropped County from the name In 1900 Wixom bought Pascointerest and in 1904 Standing sold his share of the paper to Norman Lee On April 15 1909 Victor Madsen became editor of the News with Wixom as his assistant And on June 651 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
