Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-15

n IXTY years ago today. on
- June Is, 1850. the nrst edi-
~ ton OF the Deseret News
was printed Number one. vol
ume one, was an unpretentious af-
fair Of eight three column pages not
more than II or IA inches deep. but its
Production marked an era OF progress
In the great trackless west. for the
forces Of civilization had pushed their
way TO the desert depths and mountain
Businesses Of the eternal Rockies,
where heretofore only savages and wild
beasts had held sway. and had planted
IN their midst that vehicle OF modern
progress. the press.
From It's humble beginning as a
weekly In the primitive pne-room
adobe hut that stood on the east edge
Or the ground where the steel Hotel
Utah is now rising in which tho FIRST
rev years OF its life were spent, nom
uie oid cast-iron Ramage handpress on
when us early Issues were printed.
rom ITS moagcr stock Of body and
DISPLAY type shown in that memorable
INST edition The Deseret News has
Grown into the big daily of today. with
AS-slory brown palace as headuuar-
Nlsi with its types set BY machines:
WIN modern and complicated piece
Vi mechanism known as printing
Mess which prints. folds and delivers
eaoy Tor mailing 1900 copies OF the
,epV each hour and with jobbing,
wullhE and rress-room facilities I'M
''l lassea anywhere In the country.
WILLARD RICHARDS EDITOR.
When President brigham Youug
tANhtu HnulIt fRf
.1espaper ever published IN the noun
@ns' ne chose Willard Richards. A
nWe httlng choice could not have been
"'eue Dr. Richards was adapted by
"npeiameut for n great editor; me
syholarN ana profound, possessed
IA ,n''u literary style. ana he filled
H. s9suoh with marked ability from
re ua'e on the first publication of the
~ until his death, which occurred
tiee..een II. 1874. He was born in Hon
,rH' MASS, June "a 1904. His name
,b., W Forever linked m history with
n.y., at OF the Prophet Joseph smith
tbaass having been present in car
,,,, JAN, q fellow prisoner nj the
WIN Di the prophets assa ssination-
IN lNchdrds was the only one ~
- f.hc who escaped unframed
b.inn smith and his brother Hvrum
Al ~ S,sin and John Taylor woanded.
ars, e Vhlc OF his death Willard Rirh-
erst ~, va NOT only editor of The pes
o.,,'r..'5Mf. nut he held the position of
bis,a.,oi 10 President Brigham Young
er n, Nv, -n OF the Church and postm,st,
~, ny SAT- Lake city.
re,,.'. resi- % the force On the frat
Wbtr'p'F was made up OF Horace X
urss tather OF the present busi-
SON., ger, who was the first tvno-
Nam ne had learned his trade In
m, Brigham n Young was me-
fcle,lt man and Thomas Buloc. ~
II es proofreadcr. Later pn,,id
'ds,,,l.u, n"n assisted. ana acted a.
for,, Ariah g. RroNar ,vss ~.
iiov -, a., Joseph Bull entered me etn-
igs ne Dcseret News iu Jonuarv
his -, 'ypesctter aud pressp,,n -
h,sc .e continued. with only "A b,.ief
prestt -u'h MS death "a fayv vce,. a -,
ussse,I gu angus NJ. cannon 80
Cmui,, h-gtt rart ~ his if,6 In tba
aftsr .i INC News. The NeNs soor
Suitb flushed hirdrrv Alfred
Rlgst.,.G " in charge. assisted bN,
re -. i"N The hrst tyne clst In
nes,r., was turned out from The
ly5f Ia. =. oiil-o. ana We're nnndo ia
turo ~ ~ kumGi Tho manurar-
years =, followed next. md ~,
psr,r p-serct Nr,,s made nu ~
msnv ts'u AMI f0f the ,.,tnfin., ~,
iure 49,. tle early books IRE 60,
hoet s,s.s asi OF the city. built m, ,
prr min factory. was used a. 10
nil va. i1r many years. Then naner