Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-15
IoRIY.rorR WINS.


Today the DEsEREI NEWS enters
upon VA foHy.fuh year OF publica'
ton. Foriy.four years ago - saiur'
day, June 10, ls6O-the frat number OF
this journal was Issued. That wss be.
fore the Territory Of Utah had an
existence; when many Of the Nor
mons VINO had been driven from
Nauvoo were scattered through Mis-.
souri,, Tennessee AMI other places seek
Ing 10 earn means 20 omigfato 10 the
city Of tho Sainu; when Colorado,
Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mex.
% aud Nevada were classed Ia tho
unlnhabiiablv region known ~ tho
Great American desert; when Salt
Lake CITY had the prefix "Gfeaw to
IT. title, yet scarce had attained the
dignity OF frontier town in apleaf-
ance; when farming was carried 0n
where now are some u its chief busi'
ness blocks, and not % cor ,rii1uu Of any
OF the cily's stately oditces Or even OF
the magnificent Temple had been lsidi
when the Salt Lake, rooelo and sau-
pete valleys were the only paris Of this
region which claimed inhabitants; aud
when by far the greater part q thcle
valleys where now arc rich farms,
smiling gardens and happy homcs were
sagtbfush desrrls. II was lees than
three years after the Pioneers wended
their way through the Wasalch range.
Dr. willard Richards was editor aud
publisher Of the NEWS, A canvass
had been made for three hundred sut-
toTibem previous to any publication,
aud this number having been secured,
the mat Issue OF the paper can't out
with the date lite. 40. IS. l.. City,
Desefel, June 10, 1850" Tue
geographical location ot tho city
IL given aa Lat iJ' as ii|,
Lon. ne 26' SEE. The paper
had eight page, three columns To
each, the s.zo Of the page being 7lxlO
Inches, with good clear type, we'll
printed. la the FIRST column appeared
the prospectus, which reads us followi
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We propose To publish "a small weekly
sheet, as large us our local circumstances
Will permit, to DO called "nEsIurr
NEWS" designed originally 10 record tho
passing events uf QUO State aud lu cone
nocUOn refer 90 the arts aud sciences, cine
braclnE general education, medicine,
law, divinity domestic and political
economy, nuu everything that may nll
under our observation, which may iOul
10 promote tho host Interest, welfare,
pleasure aud amusement OF our follow
citizens.
We hold ourselves responsible 90 tho
hlghust Court ui truth Tor our intentions,
aud Tho higho,t Court OF equity Tor our
execution. W hen we -puih, wa shall
speak iroUly, without regard Co mon or
party aud whom like other mon, We orr,
lot him who bias his eyes opon correct
~ IN mcolturss, and hD shall receive "a
disclplo.H reward.
We shall oycr take pleasure In com.
munimung Foreign u0wB a, We have
oppoHuuiW la receiving communion.
lions nom our friends nt homo and
nhruadi and solicit ornaments for tho
NEWS from our pools and po0t,ssos.
Then comes the price Ut subscription
-s2dl Tor Dix moulhs-advcruslug
rates, etc. Tho concluding paragraph
OF the prospectus reads;
A paper that is worth printing Is worth
preserving; 10 worth preserving 10 is
worth bmilnEi Tor rh.s purpose wo issue
lu pamphlet iorui aud 10 oy0ry SUBJ
Her.nUr shall preserve each copy of tlU
NIWs. and bind o. 40 tuu cIuro OF tho
volume, their ouildrou's children alter
them may read the dulug4 uf tuoir faith
ore, which hurwlHo might have boon
forgotten, nrci 60 como.
The people OF these valleys then
were under the provisional govern.
mcut Of the state Of Doserot, and were
making application to Congress for nd.
mission o. the Union. Regarding the
constitution under which they were
seeking the privileges OF memDership
In the Union, the first number " the
NEWS has the following from the Sew
York Herald eve publish, la au.
other part of t0Iay's Hyad the con.
stilutou of the uuw 9trco' Duvtel,
which mas been founded by the Nor.
muur, ln 800 Grat Basin of Upper
Cnuioma. Itlsa very liberal Iocu.
msnh aud viii comrary Ryoubly with
the constitution 1i any %. lha staten"
Thu.fut editorial Boo the NEWS l- o.
decR alton '0r preserving tho integrity
OF tho uuiou. Reference De- m.Ict1 the
Presentation iu Congress, by Senator
Hale, of petitions ur the abolition of
slavery and asEinE Congress 90 Pre-
Vide Tor the "uis.OIuu o. ut the Amen.