Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-17
THE RECORDS BIRTHDAY.
MYTH this issue The Record commence
wv upon the twenty third year Of our news

wv upon the twenty third year of our news
paper existence. The Record is just a little proud
of the fact that besides other good things, it is
the oldest bonafide newspaper published in the
southern portion of Utah. Other papers, perhaps,
may claim as great an age by reason of having
succeeded" to some other paper once published
but then defunct; but in the case of The Record
its claim to maturity and sodty are based upon
actual facts. Since The Record was first founded
in December, 1898, it has never changed its name
nor missed an issue.
The fact that we have not changed our name
is not due to the fact that we have never mar
ried but rather to the reason that men do not
change their names when they we'd Our readers
will recollect that we were welded last April to
Miss Observer" and still support her and her
offspring
Many other papers have sprung up like mush-
rooms in various southern Utah towns, some have
flourished for time and then, because they had
no depth of soil, have withered away and died
some were planted among thorns and the thorns
sprang up and choked them; others, like The Rec.
ord, fell good soil and sprang up forthwith and
have brought forth results. Some of these pres
ent papers will doubtless survive the storms and
"frosts" that beset the pathway of most country
newspapers, and may live to be an hundred years
old; others, like some of the past will fade and
die, and we cannot tell which class paper may
belong to. But there is a certain point in the pro-
gress of a newspaper in its growth and develop
ment, which when satisfactorily passed makes it O
recognized fixture. 1t is the fitness of the publ.
cation and the requirements of the field or locality
which establish this permanency, and it would
appear that The Record has reached that point
1t matters not whether the writer of this is at the
helm to guide the destinies of the paper OF
whether it is someone else entirely, the necessity
produces the man, and the paper will go on and
on, developing very nearly in the proportion OF
the enterprise and public-spiritedness of the com
munity and contiguous population.
The past proves that there is place in South
ern Utah for The Record, and to fill this place with
credit to ourselves and advantage to the people
of this section of the state is. our all absorbing
ambition. And while of necessity our first duty is
to Iron county, after which we take our name, and
in which we reside, at the same time we feel that
we have larger sphere than the bounraries of
this particular county or locality, and that as an
exponent of the rights and liberties of our extern
sive army of readers, we must rise above section
alism, and work for the interests of the entire
people.
Never before in the history of The Record did
the future look so bright and aluring. Never be-
ioiC upoi Jul iIludy ulu we nave SuDScrlp-
tion even half as large as we have this year. 1t
has been increasing by leaps and bounds until now
no paper published south of Provo, at least, can
lay claim to as large circulation. And circula-
tion is the foundation of all newspaper prosperity
and prestige.
Our business in other lines ALSO by careful
attention to details, reputation for good work
and fair dealing, has increased remarkably.
Orders for printing come to us from the adjoining
counties, frequently, and the product of this de-
partment has a reputation that is we'll nigh state
wide. To all these customers we wish to express
our appreciation and to assure them that we are
always ready and anxious to please you To our
local business men, upon WHOM naturally devolves
the greater burden of maintaining a live news
paper we are especially grateful for the generous
patronage given
To all our readers and patrons we extend at
this time our very best wishes for a Merry Christ
mas and Happy and prosperous New Year
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