The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-26
CAUSED SENSATION
4 How the christmas Herald
was Received.
FLOOD OF COMPLIMENTS.
1t is Conceded to Be the Most Ambitious
Journalistic Venture Ever Made in
the West.
8. Here's your CHR1srMAs HERALDs!'

g Here's your CHRISTMAS HERALDs!"
This was the cheerful yell that pro
ceeded from the threats of Salt Lake
thirty-two union newsboys as soon as tn
day began to dawn yesterday morning.
The morning was dark and muggy an
but few people were abroad, but the boy
kept up the yell and penetrated off thei
usual beats into the domain of residences
and before long they began to be rewarded
Half-an-hour after their first visit the.
were back after a second armful. after tina
they sold out regularly at intervals o
every fifteen minutes; by 9 o'clock scarcely
a person on the street was encountered
who did not have his head buried in the
page of CHRISTMAS HERALD. 1t was The
sensation of the hour and the newsboy!
reaped a golden harvest, the sales keeping
up holly till o'clock in the afternoon.
Nat the counting room there were the
kame scenes of activity. One man handled
fthe rush from to $3.50 a. m. Then it tool
two, and between 8 and u the four clerks
did nothing but hand out Christmas copies
address wrappers, and answer questions
as to the postage required to send the mum
Der abroad almost every geographical
point conceivable being mentioned during
the day.
It would take whole side of THE HER
LID to print the flood of compliments and
congratulations which were uttered on al
hands. Probably the warmest praise came
from real estate men and hotel guests, al
of whom said they had long been wanting
something to send away to their friends
which would give a thorough idea of
Utah's resources, Salt Lake buildings,
rents, property values, the real estate
movement, etc, and here they had it all
and not only all that-but reflex of what
o1@ 7 -,Nre
Sthing artistic and literary. The number
that went off yesterday to foreign parts
and the number which will continue to go,
will probably fully come up to the home
circulation.
Nearly ten thousand copies had left the
Office up to last evening. The remaining
$1,000, which have been subscribed for in
blocks, will go out day and tomorrow.
Yesterday being Christmas, only about one
quarter of THE World" could be seen; but
following are some of the comments
caught on the fly"
RECORDER WELLs-Iti is the tree which
from the little acorn grew. 1 was person
ally acquainted with the little acorn. l
Dave watched it grow and know some
Thing of the toll and care it has taken to
develop the tree. All honor to Whitney,
1Sroo and Taysum-not forgetting Heber
J. Grant, the ''scheming apostle" and our
good friend. Bob Sloan, whom we miss
Would that he were here.
BISHOP WHITNEY 1t is a great news
paper feat. I've only had time TO look over
President CanEon's article, but think it
enc of the best things he ever wrote.
j. F. GRANT-It's credit to TIE HER
AID, a credit to Salt Lake, a credit to
Utah-a credit to all of US.
NATE SEARs-She's 10 dandy.
FRED GRANT-A bangor! And don't our
ad loom.
TfF,,c 4haY, Oh,
E. S. WELCH-See that this list is mailed
my friend here wants dozen sent off.
G. S. DEsKY-THE HERALD is the enter
prising paper and no mistake.
w. H. ROwE-My gracious! didn't ex-
pect anything like that I'm glad we got
the tannery on.
T. G. WEBBER-That was a MAGNIFICENT
holiday number "a magnificent one.
L. G. KARRICK-The cut of the new hotel
is worth the price. Send me twenty.
president OF THE NEwSBOYs' UNION
Boss, sales is the slickest ever seen.
John D. Stark writes in hot haste from
Psyson to send so more, making $50 for him
alone.
MARGETTs BRos.-Our run on CHRIST
MAS HERALDs was entirely unlocked for
We shall be compelled to double our order.
G. E. WANTLAND-It reflects great credit
upon all who have had anything to do in
its preparation, and is an excellent indi-
Gator of our prosperity. The twenty-five
thousand scattered over all portions of the
earth, as they will be, cannot fail to at
tract attention. If, as it has so often been
49,, a town is judged by its newspapers,
then those into whose hands your holiday
$edition falls, cannot fail to be impressed
with the property and growth of Salt Lake.
1t is a credit to the publishers, editors and
to the city and territory in general.
JOHNSON, PRATT 81 Co.-Wouldn't have
forfeited our space for three times what it
has cost US. We have been well taken care
of, and we see no reason why any other
advertiser mas cause for complaint. It's
makeup is excellent in every detail, the
reading matter of the best, and from a
typographical standpoint it is all that one
could desire. You can count on US for
double our space year from now.
JoHN READING-It is most creditable,
and will not fail to do much good for the
territory. Several of my copies go to Eng
land, and the others Will be distributed in
{ the eastern states.
y E. Z. RIcH-Discounts last years pro
duclion, and that IS saying great deal. l
have NJ suggestions to make, and but one
hope TO eXpr, IS, that you have been well
repaid for Your efforts to show up the
territory in general and Salt Lake in par
ticuiar in their proper light. One pleasing
feature is that while it is a Salt Lake pro-
duction, and the interests of our city are
GaEGIuliN lOOhGu at Special dbICuIiOu
has also been paid to Ogden, Provo, Logan,
Nephi, Payson, Park City, Eureka, Brig
ham, Wasatch county, Cache county, and
other rich portions of our great common
wealth. l shall take pleasure in circulating
my copies where they will do the most good.
SPRINGvILLE IS HUNGRY FOR 1.-THE fol-
lowing dispatch received from Springville
last evening, tells how the people OF that
burg appreciate good thing: Send fifty
more copies of The CHRISTMAS HERALD.
Everybody wants it. 1t takes better than
S&Rta Clause. E. ANDERSON"
CHIEF ENGINEER OTTINGER.-I see you
have THE CHRISTMAS HERALD land it's
very nice one, too. 1t is somewhat better
than last year.
w. N. WLLIAMs.-THE CHRISTMAS HER
AID must have paid well in advertisements,
and it surely gives circulation to the daily
as it shows good enterprise by the com
pany.
contains so much good matter that l don't
know where TO start in reading l am glad
THE HERALD is so well to the front.
HAMILTON G.. PARR-It is a great paper
and good paper. You have reason TO be
proud of it every time.
Orr MORNING CoNTEMPoRARY-The eX-
cellepce of THE CHRISTMAS HERALD must
he great indeed, when it will bring forth
the following, presumably from the pen of
Judge Goodwin, who, of course, must be |
conceded as authority on all such matters |
ssTHE HERALD Christmas number is very
Mormony this year, but it is a big improve |
ment in every way over its corresponding |
issue of last year. Its contributors are |
very select, too: George O. Cannon IRE
Gently from up yander) and the late bishop, |
Thomas Taylor, are two of the leading