Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-02-21
FRIDAY, FEB. ID, 1919.
OUR FRIENDS

ID PEOPLE generally are glad to learn who their
friends are and who are the opposite, and the
newspaper fraternity of the state are very much
like other people in this respect. AT this session
Of the State Legislature we have introduced some
legislation similar to that in force in all the
rounding states, which we believe will, if passed.
prove beneficial to the public, well as being of
some little assistance to the county papers.
House Bill No. 81 defines what shall be con-
sdered a legal newspaper, and establishes max
imum rate for all legal notices.
House Bill No. 80, requires the publication of
all County Commissioners proceedings in one or
more newspapers in the county.
House Bill No. 33, provides for the publication
of City ordinances in newspapers in cities and
towns of the third class.
All three of these measures have passed the
House the vote being on each, respectively, fol-
lows: Bill 81, ayes 81, nays 10, absent T. Bill
32 ayes 49, nays Is, absent A. Bill 33, ayes 80,
nays z, absent 8.
In looking over the list of nays IL Is interest
ing to note that Seegmiller, Snow and Tanner are
included in the first two lists and Seegmiller and
Snow in the last one which goes to show that the
representatives from southern Utah, generally,
have a low estimate of the Importance and mission
of the press. We are pleased to say that Repre-
sentative Day of this county voted in the affirm
alive on two of these measures, and was absent
when the other was up Tor passage
Representative Seegmiller of Kane county is
perhaps not much interested in the question of
newspapers At present there is none in his coun-
ty and he possibly does not feel like helping those
in other counties, since it would tend to accentu-
ate the lack of enterprise upon the part of his
people
JOS. S. Snow of Washington county is the pro-
prietor of large automobile garage at st. George
and is interested in various other business enter
prises, which will profit UNNECESSARILY by through
travel from Salt Lake and the East over the Ar
rowhead Trail In order to further the interests
of this highway vital to his business interests,
he is persistently calling upon all the county pa
pers along the line to boost for the Trail, which
he says is of paramount Importance to this sec
ton of the country, and it is to certain lines of
business which he is especially interested in but
does not add one dollar directly to the revenue of
any newspaper along the line. Notwithstanding
this fact all the papers of this section of the state
have pitched in and boosted might and main for
the Trail, feeling that they were doing service
to their communities, while of course benefiting
certain interests, such as Mr.. Shows much more
than others For this valuable assistance Mr..
Snow, of course, has profered to pay not one pen
ny. He is president of the Arrowhead Trails
Association and yet he has not so much as sub
scrbed for single county paper outside of his
own county, and we strongly suspect that he has
one free of charge.
OF course it was recognized that Representa-
tive Snow is tight wad' and working purely
for himself, but here at least was an opportunity
for him to recprocate some of the favors he has
been soliciting from the press, and with which he
has kept his local paper loaded practically all the
while, without it costing him anything. But how
does he do it? Simply by administering slap In
the face of every county paper in the state and
going on record as their sef-confessed enemy
We are taking occasion to call attention to this
matter quite fully, because the Washington Coun
ty paper being more or less dependent upon MIR
Shows generosty(O for its support may hest
tate to call attention to his ingratitude and in
consistent attitude. We are glad to have made
MIR. Shows real acquaintance.
Last we come to Mr.. Tanner of Beaver county
Perhaps we ought moi to say much about Mr.. Tan
ner He has right (from his viewpoinD to fee
sore at some of the county papers, including this