Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-13
irhe Republican Buys the Organ
OF the Demolc-
racy.
loW aHERAL D R EP y B u CAM,
Herald says Senator Clark Was Of
tered a Price Which Justified
Acceptance IA

The official announcements regarding
4 the sale of the Herald ttheS Democratic
;orsar, Of the state) to the Inter M oun-
taIn Republican (the Republican organ
I If the state) were made today in the.
editorial columns Of both papers as fol-
{ lows: 3.iss i5 @
The Herald says:
THE Herald has been sold to an as
sociution OF prominent Utah Republic
cans. and this issue marks its last
appearance as a Democratic newspaper
The purposes and plans of the new
owners will be announced when they
take possession today. 5i585
Concerning the circumstances which
led to the sale OF The Herald. II may
q be said simply that Senator w. "a.
Clark the owner of the paper, ws,s lG T.
sfered price which justified accept
ance. and the deal was closed. As a.
matter Of sentiment he would have pre-
& ferred to see 1T continued as q Demo-
cratic newspaper, but in the absence OF
other citations he saw fit to sell. and
no one can properly question his right
& TO do SO. He took the property wl,enf
Ii was practically a. derelicts and sus-.
tanned 1T ut a heavy cost until 1T was
3 on al paying basis IT, was consistently!
Democratic, though not violently parti-5
san; yet In all the. years of his owner
ship he had no adequate expression of
appreciation from the Democratic Lead
ers. On the contrary. he was not in
frequently :1rraigned most unj stly hes
cause his conception ofSswhat news
paper should be did not agree with
Il the ideas of men who sought to profit
politically by the Z i nfl,iaance Of The
Herald. & 5s8 s8s
The Repnbli lean says.
This is the last issue of the Inter
Mountain Republican in its present
FORM Tomorrow patrons will receive
the Salt Lake Herald -Republ ican, In
stead Of the paper with which they
Have been familiar.
The property and good vii! of The.
Republican has been sold to COM
Mny which has also secured the Her-s
aid And. In a sense. the paper to be
published by the new company vii, III
self be distinctly new. Il
All paid subseripti to The Renub-
lean will of course be filed at the.
present prices.
For the past several days, Mr.. Hale,
manager OF The Republican, has beer.
camping at The Herald business Of.
ilce going over books, accounts and
subscription lists preliminary to the.
transfer. 3aj lss5
z. STAFF OF MERGED PAPER.
The staff, of the Republican Herald
throughout will DO made up largely Of
the Inter-N1ountajn Republican en1-
aployes, although at was stated t:tlis
morning that every employe of the Her
aid who had applied for position had
been retained. The roster of the
merged paper Is as follows:
George H.. Hale, general manager
d "A. j. BEYwn, manager editor: LIE Roy
Armstrong, editor: j, NJ. Kiskadden.
city editor; John j Janney, advertising
manager; Rufus Johnson, circulating
: manager; Frank Sprague, mining edi-
& tor; Milton Maynard, sporting editor:
Mrs Stevenson. society editor; Sid
F Hecker, foreman composing room; He
Der Wickcns, foreman stereotyping de-
partment; Will Ferris, foreman press
room. 81
OF the reportorial staff but Messrs.
4 Crane and Fitzgerald remain of the old
Herald staff.
G. A. r. Daily Ogden Excursion.
sloo round trip Salt Lake to Ogden,
daily, August sth to 18th inclusive,
Via BAMBERGER LINE. Return
limit August 17th. Sixteen trains
daily.