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Book Title: Uinta County, Its Place In History

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Evanston-Continued

    On July 8, 1871, a school was opened above a saloon in the block between
Seventh and Eighth on Front Street The school room was approached by means of an
outside wooden staircase, and aside from the blackboard a small table and some
common chairs, was destitute of equipment. Attraction, however, was not lacking,
for Miss Cina Hopkins, sister to Mrs. Crocker, was the first teacher. There were
eight pupils, among whom were the Gingel children. Miss Hopkins resigned at the
end of a few months to become the wife of John Conlisk, a well-known conductor
on the Union Pacific road, and they made their home in Ogden for some years,
later moving to Los Angeles where Mr. Conlisk died. His widow and two sons
survive him.

    The next teacher was Miss Whittier, and she was followed by a Miss Holmes.
The building in which the school had been held was destroyed by fire, and for a
time the Presbyterian Church opened its doors to the cause of education. Miss
Holmes was the niece of the presiding elder of the Methodist Church, Rev. Mr.
Pierce, and he timed her arrival so that he might meet her on a Sunday when he
was preaching in Evanston. The news spread that the town was to be favored by
the presence of another lady and an eligible one, and all of the unmarried men,
dressed in their best, were found loitering about the platform waiting for the
coming of the train. As usual, it was late, and all of the blood in their bodies
seemed to have reached their faces to be held there by the unaccustomed stiff
collars, but they bore the martyrdom patiently until Mr. Pierce appeared, and
taking in the situaton, stepped up to them with the words, "Gentlemen, you are
no doubt looking for a young and giddy schoolma'am to get off here. I think you
will be very much disappointed." Still hoping against hope, they remained at
their post, but all illusion vanished when, half an hour later, a plain,
near-sighted maiden lady stepped down, and she was allowed to make her way to
the hospitable home of A. V. Quinn with no other attendant than her frank relative.

    Miss Holmes was followed by Miss Brundige, a niece of Ed Linsley, and she by
Miss Sally Pepperly, who became the wife of W. H. Remington. Mrs. Tooley, wife
of the hardware merchant, also taught for a time in the church and some years
later in the schoolhouse that was completed during the summer of 1873. The
building still stands opposite the courthouse on Center Street, and with some
tasteful additions made by J. G. Fiero, who bought it, has since 1887, been the
home of the William J. Cashin family. As a schoolhouse, it consisted of two
rooms, in which a lady named Miss Brooks was principal and Miss Clara Bisbing
assistant. Miss Brooks married Russell Thorp and continued teaching until 1876.
Their home was what is now the Presbyterian manse. From here they went to the
eastern part of the state and Mr. Thorp gained fame on the Boseman Trail, where
he was engaged in freighting.

    Another teacher was James Hoy, who took up land in Pleasant Valley that is
now part of the Painter ranch. In 1877 Miss Lou Houston, a niece of General
Houston of Texas, became teacher. She was married the next year to Thomas
Langtree. A very successful private school was conducted about this time in the
Methodist Church by a man named S. J. Griffin, who is now engaged in business in
Ogden.

    Following Miss Houston we find the names of Professor Stevens and H. L.
Griffin. From 1883 to 1888 the school was under the supervision of E. S.
Hallock, a trained educator from the state of New York. Professor Hallock left
Evanston for Salt Lake and was for nearly thirty years principal of schools
there. The Evanston schools had outgrown the little building before his arrival
and had overflowed into vacant rooms in different parts of the town. In 1885 it
was moved into the first building to be erected on the high school lot, and a
well-graded school of seven rooms was established, which was the beginning of
our splendid school system. Professor Hallock was followed by E. J. Stevenson,
and he by J. C. Hamm, under whom the first class was graduated. It consisted of
Clara Dickey, Anna Morganson, Ida Carrick, Ethel Demsey, Lulu Winslow, Robert
Hocker and John Lauder. Professor Stevenson was succeeded by J. B. Logue, who
was here for only one year. In 1893 Miss Frances B. Birkhead, who had held the
position of high school principal, was made superintendent. She became the wife
of Judge Beard, and is now state historian, with, an office in the capitol
building at Cheyenne.

    Two educators from the state of Kansas, C. M. Perdue and J. L. Fleming,
followed Miss Burkhead. In 1898 Professor C. C. Norwood accepted the position
and served until 1903. Mr. Norwood is remembered as a scholarly man whose wife
also taught. The next principal was Professor Swanson, and he was followed by C.
H. Shelbaugh, who resigned to go to California in 1913. Professor George
Coverdale from Michigan was superintendent the succeeding six years, and during
most of that time the high school was in charge of Professor J. L. Kirtland, a
fine educator, whose daughter became the wife of Laurence Engstrum. Since the
year 1919 Professor C. C. Voellar has been superintendent.

    The first building put on the high school lot is now called the East Grade
School, and is under the care of James Robb. West of dt stands the high school,
built in 1915. The West Grade building, three blocks farther west on Summit
Street, is in charge of Miss Kate Smith. North Evanston has a building to
accommodate the three lower grades. A school wagon brings pupils from the Almy
mines.

    F. S. Jacobs, of whom nothing more than the name is known, was the first
superintendent of schools in Uinta County. Others to hold this office were
Richard L. Carter, F. L. Arnold, E. W. Hinchman, Miss Essie Strong, Mrs. Mary
Jane Young, Miss Nell Pepper, Miss Iva Thomas, Miss Kate Smith, Mrs. Iva Thomas
Irish, and Mrs. Jennie Isherwood, the present superintendent.

    The schools of Uinta County have always stood high among those of the state.
Since the establishment of the yearly tournament at the seat of the State
University, the place accorded our students has been a cause of congratulation
to all.

    The first church building to be erected in Evanston was that of the
Baptists, who put up a substantial edifice on the corner of Center and Ninth
Streets in 1871. Mr. Crossley, the colored manager of the Rocky Mountain Hotel,
was a well educated man and was minister. With the exception of the year 1875,
when Rev. J. W. Howe was an charge, he held services until 1877, when he left
town. Owing to the shifting population, the membership decreased until it was
deemed advisable to give up the property, and in 1877 it was sold to the Roman
Catholics. In 1889 mere was organized in the home of J. L. Atkinson the present
Baptist Church, of which Leroy M. White was the first pastor. He and his family
are still remembered for their pure-hearted devotion to Christian ideals, to
which the church, though not one of the strongest in the community, has always
adhered, thus adding much to the spiritual life of the town. Among the prominent
workers are the members of the Isherwood family, Mrs. Claude Linsley, Mrs.
Arthur Morrison and Mrs. L. Starr. The present place of worship of this
denomination is a commodious and convenient building on the corner of Eighth and
Center Streets.

    In the books of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Evanston there is the
record of the organization of the church in 1870 by Rev. G. M. Pierce, Presiding
Elder of the district. On a lot donated to them by the railroad company a
building was put up and dedicated. Ministers from Utah, among whom is the name
of Rev. Mr. Seymore, preached occasionally. Rev. Marshall Howison was in charge
in 1875. In 1878 union revival services were conducted by C T. Iliff, with the
result that all of the religious interests of Evanston were strengthened. Rev.
W. D. Thornton was pastor at this time, and the church membership that had
dwindled to three began a steady increase that has been sustained throughout its
subsequent history. Prominent workers were A. V. Quinn and wife, Elias Goodman
and family, Mrs. John Sights and Mr. and Mrs. James McKenzie. These who have
passed from earth are survived by Mrs. Samuel Dickey, who has been a member
since the early days, and a fine band of workers. Among the names of ministers
those of W. O. Fisher, W. H. Pierce and S. F. Beggs stand out prominently, and
the helpful ministry of E. E. Hollar is still remembered. He preached here in
the '90s and often held services at Fort Bridger and adjoining towns. There was
a son, and a daughter named Crecy who taught in the public school and is now the
wife of C. W. Haggard of Kansas City, Kansas. In the summer of 1923 she visited
Evanston with her little daughter and was surprised to find many of the friends
of her youth still living here. During the World War Rev. A. A. Pogue was
preaching for the Methodists, and as the Presbyterian Church was at that time
without a pastor an "Allied Church" movement was entered into under his able
leadership and carried on for two years with what seemed to be a great success,
but was later dropped. Mr. Pogue was followed by Rev. U. S. Crowder. Rev. J. L.
Williams is the present minister, and is ably seconded by his wife, who is also
an ordained minister of the gospel. They make their home in the parsonage on the
same lot as the church.

    In the spring of 1871 Dr. Sheldon Jackson made his first visit to Evanston
and on the twenty-fourth of April held a service in the Amusement Hall that
resulted in the organizaton of a church called the Union Presbyterian. The first
trustees were J. L. Atkinson, A. V. Quinn and E. P. Brown. A building was
completed in December, but the record states that "owing to a snow blockade it
was not occupied until spring." There were five charter members. Rev. F. L.
Arnold, who was sent out to Laramie by the Home Mission Board in 1869, traveled
across the state once a month, to fill the pulpit, until July, 1872, when
Frederick B. Welty, a young divine from Pennsylvania, took charge. He found the
church building occupied by the public school, and for six months he held
services in the Baptist Church. In January, 1873, the first schoolhouse having
been completed, pews and pulpit were set in place and worship was begun in the
building dedicated to that purpose, which served the congregation until 1900,
when a more modern edifice was erected on the same lot. In 1922 it was enlarged,
and is now a convenient and spacious church home.

    Rev. F. L. Arnold moved with his family to Evanston in 1875 and remained
here as a pastor for thirteen years, when he accepted a call to the Westminster
Church of Salt Lake City. He was a frequent visitor in the homes of his
children, who remained in Evanston, and his influence grew stronger with the
passing years. He was called "Everybody's Pastor", and the interest he evinced
in the welfare of the people of all ages and conditions gave him a right to the
title. He died in Salt Lake in 1905 shortly before his eightieth birthday, and
the beautiful memorial service conducted by the ministerial association of Salt
Lake was attended by many of the friends who had come under his helpful ministry
in Wyoming as well as those from all parts of Utah. His wife, Hannah Ramsey
Arnold, died in 1922 and was buried by his side in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

    Other mnisters [sic] of this church who left their mark on the community are
the Rev. Charles M. Shepherd, under whom the new church was built and who is
remembered for his scholarly and spiritual attainments; Rev. Leon C. Hills, who
won the hearts of young and old by his tireless service, and who after a
pastorate of ten years in Cheyenne is now in charge of the Park Hill Church of
Denver; Rev. D. M. Davies, who served the cause of God and man on the street as
well as in the pulpit, and who, with his much-loved wife, is now at Aberdeen,
Idaho; and Rev. J. F. Vernon, now engaged in mission work in Alaska, under whom
the last addition of the church was built. The present pastor is Rev. Timothy G.
Paddon, a native of London, and the church is prospering under his earnest and
eloquent ministry.

    The Mormon Church began in the spring of 1872 with a membership of eight as
a branch of the Bear Lake Stake, and William G. Burton was made Presiding Elder.
Henry G. Matthews, brother of Percy Matthews, was clerk. In 1877 the
organization was completed and Mr. Burton was given the office of Bishop, a
position he held until 1881, when he moved to Utah. He was succeeded in office
by James Brown. In 1915 Mr. Brown was advanced to the rank of President, and
Percy G. Matthews became Bishop.

    Bishop Brown, as he is still called by his many friends, is one of the
outstanding figures in the life of the county. From Scotland he came to Almy
when eighteen years of age, and in 1880 began work as blacksmith in the railroad
shops. In 1893 he was made deputy county clerk under J. R. Arnold, and the next
year he was elected county clerk, a position that he held for six years. For
four years he was connected with the Evanston National Bank, and in 1920 was the
choice of the people for the office of clerk of the court. For twenty years he
has served on the school board, and his services are in demand in almost every
patriotic or other public meeting, where his pleasing voice and dignified
bearing are sure to bring pleasure to his auditors. In 1882 he married Miss
Christina Hunter of Salt Lake City. She died in 1922.

    The brick edifice put up in 1889 as a Mormon meeting house has been enlarged
to meet the demands of the growing membership. The church offices occupy a
building across the road on Eighth Street, and a movement is on foot to erect a
modern building commensurate with the needs of the people. The Mormons have done
much to foster the musical spirit of the town, and their present choir, under
the trained leadership of John Neilson, is an organization of which any
community might be proud.

    Up to the year 1884 there was no resident priest of the Roman Catholic
Church in Evanston, but it was attended as a mission by priests from other
towns. Among them was Father Cusson of Laramie, who, in the winter of 1877,
interested the adherents of his faith in the purchase of the building now
occupied by them. Father Fitzgerald was in charge of the church from 1884 to
1896, and under his ministry the church prospered. He was interested in the town
and did much for its progress by working for the establishment of the fire
department and other improvements. He built the house now owned by George E.
Pexton, which was for many years the Joseph E. Cashin home. Other resident
priests and the year of the beginning of their work in Evanston were: Rev. Peter
Casey, 1896; Rev. Michael A. Kennedy, 1901; Rev. P. T. Haines, 1902; Rev. P. J.
Walsh, 1903; Rev. T. J. Barrett, 1904; Rev. D. M. Tully, 1907; Rev. M. A.
Kennedy, 1908; Rev. P. J. Lynch, 1910; Rev. R. B. Groener, 1911; Rev. John F.
More-ton, 1914; Rev. John O'Connor, 1923. Father Groener, who is affectionately
remembered for his ability and the strength of his friendships, is now located
in Lawrence, Kansas. Father Moreton, an able young divine from the state of
Vermont, brought with him his parents and other members of his family. His
father died here in 1922 and the widow and three of the daughters remained in
Evanston, after Father Moreton went to Casper. A comfortable parish house has
been added to the original church building, and the property is a valuable one.
Among the members who have helped to make a success of the work of this church
will always be remembered the Hamilton brothers and their families, Mr. and Mrs.
James Smith, John Smith, Mrs. James Code, Miss Nell Byrnes, John Ward and wife,
and the families of Derrick Allard, Joseph LaRivierre, John Foley and Joseph and
William E. Cashin.

    The Episcopal Church was built under the scholarly ministration of the Rev.
Samuel Unsworth, who had charge of the mission work in Evanston in connection
with his work in Utah, during the early '8os. From the year 1873, when Bishop
Spaulding came here from his headquarters in Denver to preach in the place of
worship belonging to the Baptists, occasional services had been held by
ministers from Utah, with which diocese Evanston was then connected. In August,
1885, the tasteful and dignified building that was made possible by
self-sacrificing efforts of a few devoted members and the liberality of their
friends, was consecrated by Bishop Turtle of Salt Lake City, assisted by Bishop
Spaulding, Bishop Rafter of Cheyenne, and others. Rev. Allen Judd, from Iowa,
was the first resident rector, and during his stay the rectory was built. He was
succeeded by Rev. H. C. Galaudet.

    Among the active workers of this early day were Mrs. Frank Foote, Mrs. Louis
Dempson and H. B. Hilliard and family. Mr. Hilliard was employed in the railroad
shops. The family consisted of his wife, and daughters, Bess, wife of P. E.
Glafke of Denver, Florence, who is a trained nurse, Grace, who, with her
husband, J. T. Ray, is on the stage, and Margaret, who married George Harvey of
Hamilton, Ontario. The Rev. Bert Foster, who was for many years rector, so
slight of body that according to his own statement, he was rejected from the
army because he was "not big enough to stop a ball", is remembered for his
devotion to the church. Rev. Hyrum Bullis remained with the church for nine
years, and left the missionary field, in which his life was spent, to go to
California, where he died. His widow survives him. Rev. George Hunting, later
Bishop of Nevada, has a lasting memorial in the hall built during his ministry
which bears his name. Mr. Hunting's memory will always be held in high esteem
because of his sterling worth. He died in 1924 and his widow survives him. Rev.
Guy Kagie was here during the World War, and was one of the most active workers
in national as well as church affairs. With his wife and little son he went from
Evanston to Olney, Maryland, where he has a flourishing charge. The Evanston
church, which is known as St. Paul's, is now under the care of Dean Franklin C.
Smith, who makes his home in Evanston and preaches in Kemmerer alternate
Sundays. He is editor of the Wyoming Churchman, a monthly publication that would
be a credit to any state.

    After the tragic end of the Frontier Index at Bear Town in 1868 no attempt
was made to print a paper in the new county of Uinta until 1871, when a man
named W. L. Vaughn opened an office for the publication of a weekly paper called
the Evanston Age. At the end of a few months he moved away, leaving his little
plant behind. Two years later a man named William Wheeler took over the printing
press and supplies, and publication was resumed. A mutilated copy dated March
17, 1875, is in the hands of the author. It may cause some surprise to learn
that it was published daily and cost $10 a year. There was also a weekly edition
at $3 per year. The daily was printed in folio with a fourteen-inch column. In a
column headed "News of the Morning from Associated Press Dispatches" is the
report of the extra session of the Senate in which Mr. Ingalls introduced a
resolution requesting the president to transmit to the Senate information in
regard to the Sioux Indians migrating to the Black Halls. The paper is given
over largely to advertisements. Among the locals we find the announcement of a
St. Patrick's Ball at Hilliard, with refreshments at one dollar a plate. The
dissolution notices of the partnership of Booth and McDonald, and of that of the
Blyth, Pixley & Edwards company, are there, as well as the notice that the Almy
stage, of which R. H. Porter was proprietor, ran three times a day, and the fare
was twenty-five cents a trip.

    A well-preserved copy of the Evanston Age, dated September 16, 1876, has
come into the possession of the author through the courtesy of Miss Kate Smith,
who recently found it in the back of a picture frame. It is a well printed paper
of four seven-column pages, and brings before us the life of the time. The
subscription price was five dollars a year, and it was published Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays. The Territorial Directory reads in part as follows:
Governor, J. M. Thayer; Auditor, O. North; Court Justices, J. W. Fisher, E. A.
Thomas and J. B. Blair. The Uinta County officers were: Probate Judge, W. M.
Remington; County Commissioners, C. A. Phipps, N. Beeman, W. K. Sloan; Sheriff,
Willian Hinton; Assessor, M. C. Hopkins; Surveyor, W. G. Tonn; Prosecuting
Attorney, H. Garbanati; Coroner, Thomas Street; School Commissioner, S. K.
Temple. The paper was the official organ of Sweetwater County as well as Uinta,
and the list of the officers is headed by the name of O. E. Bradbury, Probate
Judge and Treasurer. P. A. McPhee, husband of Mrs. Bradbury's sister, was
sheriff. In the church notices we find F. L. Arnold, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. The Methodist Church at that time had no pastor, but held Sunday School
at three p. m. The Church of the Latter Day Saints was in charge of W. G.
Burton. It was the year of the great gold excitement at Deadwood, and there is
the report of an interview with P. H. Tooley, an early hardware merchant of
Evans-ton, who had just returned from the diggings. It says: "He had no trouble
with the Indians, but saw men who had been murdered just ahead of the train he
was with." Two articles copied from the Cheyenne Sun and Leader are given over
to accounts of (fights with the Sioux in the Black Hills. In the telegraphic
news is the account of the day's progress in the trial of John D. Lee, then
being held in Beaver, Utah, for the Mountain Meadow massacre. There is also a
caustic article on the case from the pen of Judge C. C. Goodwin, editor of the
Salt Lake Tribune. The Centennial Exposition, then being held in Philadelphia,
is mentioned freely in the dispatches and railroad advertisements.

    In the fall of 1876 William T. Shafer arrived in Evanston. He was the
proprietor and publisher of a Green River paper called the Rocky Mountain
Courier and of the Carbon County News of Rawlins. A partnership was formed with
Mr. Wheeler under which these two publications were consolidated with the
Evanston Age. Mr. Wheeler became business manager and Mr. Shafer became editor.
This arrangement lasted for two years, at the end of which Mr. Wheeler moved to
Idaho, and the days of the Evanston Age were ended.

    In March, 1879, Frank Lannon, a young man who came out from New York to join
his brother, George Lannon, an employe in the railroad shop at Evanston, formed
a partnership with Mr. Shafer and the Uinta County Chieftain was founded. The
office was in the story above the Booth & Crocker meat market, and in the fall
was destroyed by fire. This was a great blow to the young newspaper men, and
Frank Lannon decided to engage with another brother, Charles Lannon, in ranching
on upper Bear River, an enterprise in which both were deservedly successful. Mr.
Shafer continued the publication of the Chieftain for about twelve years, and in
1893 he founded the Uinta Herald, which was later discontinued.

    William T. Shafer was born in Montrose, Pennsylvania, in the year 1838 and
belonged to a fine family. Beginning his newspaper career in his home town, he
became war correspondent in the Civil War, and in 1864 was employed on a
northern publication called the Bulletin, in Memphis, Tennessee. After a time
spent in Fremont, Nebraska, he came to Wyoming. He held several important
positions, was at one time receiver of the land office, was elected to the
office of county treasurer, and had represented his precinct in the lower house
of the legislature, in 1909. He was a man of good education and was capable of
good writing, but his work varied greatly in quality. He was of a phylosophical
turn of mind that sometimes led him to indulge in verse. His last years were
clouded by great physical suffering, and his death by suicide in December, 1923,
was a shock to the community, where he had lived for nearly half a century.

    In 1877 the Evanston Argus was published by Mark Hopkins, who later moved to
Laramie. Another short-lived weekly was the Evanston Examiner, that first
appeared in 1885. The following year the editor, E. Buchanan, took his plant to
Park City, Utah.

    In 1887 a paper called the Evanston News was founded by two young men named
Austin Decker and Wilson Dillon. After a few months Decker left and J. F.
Loudin, son-in-law of Major Baldwin, the founder of Lander, Wyoming, continued
the publication until 1893, when he sold to a company that put J. H. Ryckman in
as editor. Mr. Ryckman was educated for the bar, and for several years he
practiced in Evanston, where he is remembered for his penetrating wit and a
certain brilliancy of mind that made for him a place among criminal lawyers of
Los Angeles, where he moved later.

    In 1890 a young man named Joseph U. Allard began the publication of a weekly
called the Evanston Register. In 1894 he bought the News and the two papers were
combined under the name of the News-Register. Mr. Allard is of French descent
and came to Wyoming with his father's family from the state of Vermont in 1884.
He made his way through the public schools and persevered in his chosen calling
until he is one of the best known newspaper men in western Wyoming. He is now
editor and publisher of the Rocket, of Rock Springs, Wyoming. He was the founder
of the Bridger Valley Enterprise, now owned by the Rollins brothers, of Lyman.

    In 1905 Mr. Allard sold the News-Register to Joseph T. Booth, a printer who
had been in his employ for two years. Though but a boy in years, Mr. Booth
conducted the paper until 1902, when he sold it to George Ewer, Jr.

    In 1896, the year of the free silver issue, the Wyoming Press was formed by
a group of prominent citizens. J. H. Ryck-man was its first editor. He was
succeeded in a few months by a young man named Harry Glenn, and he soon
afterward by Austin C. Sloan. In 1902 George Ewer purchased the Press and for a
year and a half it was the only paper in the county, that then extended from the
Utah boundary on the south to the Yellowstone National Park. Under Mr. Ewer the
Press was conducted on Republican principles.

    Mr. Ewer was born in Birmingham, England, and in 1877 came to America with
his parents, who are still living at an advanced age. Two sisters also make
their homes in Evanston, Mrs. Mary Shopp and Mrs. Frank Brown. Mr. Ewer began
his journalistic career under Mr. Shafer in the office of the Uinta Herald, and
has been the first newspaper man to achieve any considerable degree of financial
success. He has put up several buildings, one of which is occupied by the
Wyoming Times, of which he is editor and proprietor. Mr. Ewer married in 1893
Miss Mary Cain, a native of Indiana, and to them seven, children were born, all
of whom, like their father, have received their education in the public schools
of Evanston, where they are well known. The mother died in the influenza
epidemic in 1917. Mr. Ewer's present wife was the widow of Thomas Johnson, son
of Thomas S., and had resided in Evanston for many years.

    The Wyoming Press was purchased from Mr. Ewer in 1910 by J. T. Booth. Mr.
Booth was born in Coalville, Utah, and received his education in the public
schools and the New West Academy of that place. He married Edna, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Peterson, who has ably assisted him in his newspaper work. Mr.
Booth confined his activities to journalism until 1920, when he received from
President Harding the appointment to the office of register of the United States
Land Office at Evans-ton. The Press is now in charge of Mr. Lee W. Jenkins, a
"native son" of California, an overseas veteran and a young man of wide
experience in newspaper work.

    Evanston has had an exceedingly creditable amateur monthly called The
Cottontail, owned, printed and published by the thirteen-year-old son of Dean
and Mrs. Smith. Although the subscription price was only twenty-five cents a
year, the editor made a financial success of his work, and his paper received
recognition as one of the best of its kind.

    A great change has come over the journalism of the country as revealed in
comparing the papers of two score years ago and those of today. The bickering of
the editors that was supposed to add spice to life has given place to a common
courtesy more convincing as well as more pleasing to the general reader. Despite
cheap criticism to the contrary it can be truthfully said that the conduct of
the newspapers in Uinta County, both in times of peace and war, has been such as
to merit the praise of all loyal citizens.


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UINTA COUNTY ITS PLACE IN HISTORY
ELIZABETH ARNOLD STONE
GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 
THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY

A History of the Original Uinta County, Wyoming, and its Subdivisions

To the dear memory of my father,
Rev. F. L. Arnold


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