Sun Advocate

Sun Advocate
TypeBiweekly newspaper
OwnerEmery Telcom
Founded1891
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters625 East 100 North
Price, UT 84501
OCLC number13039549
Websiteetvnews.com/tag/sun-advocate/

The Sun Advocate was a bi-weekly newspaper located in Price, Utah, United States.[1] Emery Telcom has owned the paper since October, 2018 and is published as ETV News Sun Advocate.

History

The newspaper was the successor to a number of older publications. In January 1891, the Eastern Utah Telegraph was established.[2] In February 1885, the Telegraph was sold to S.H. Brownlee and renamed to the Eastern Utah Advocate.[3] In 1889, Robert W. Crockett, who previously worked at the Salt Lake Herald and Aspen Times, bought the Advocate.[4] In May 1907, the Carbon County News was founded in Price under the business management of J.H. Nelson.[5] The company was incorporated with Frank F. Fisk as president and B.R. McDonald as vice president.[6] That June, editor Carl L. Williams took charge of the News,[7] but he left later that year.[8]

In July 1913, Crockett sold the Advocate to Fred L. Watrous,[9] but foreclosed on the mortgage in May 1915. A few weeks prior, Watrous had sold the business to B.R. McDonald. A judge ruled the mortgage only included the printing plant, which went into the receivership of Carl R. Marcusen. The name rights and subscriber list were transferred to McDonald.[10] That June, Crockett used the plant to start a new paper called the Price Sun.[11]

In July 1915, McDonald bought the Carbon County News from W.C. Benfer and merged it with the Advocate to form the News-Advocate. Benfer stayed on as manager.[12] Also in July, Crockett bought the defunct Advocate plant from the sheriff's auction.[13] Throughout this time, both rival papers were sent to the same subscribers, with each urging customers not to pay for the other.[14][15] In December 1915, Harry Wilbert Cooper took charge of the News-Advocate and published it until his death in 1923.[16] His widow Mrs. Grace A. Cooper then published the paper.[17] In June 1929, she sold it to William T. Igleheart.[18] In January 1932, P.K. Nielson bought the News-Advocate at sheriff's auction.[19]

In December 1932, Joseph L. Asbury, owner of The Richfield Reaper, bought the Price Sun from Crockett and the News-Advocate from Nielson. He merged them to form the Sun Advocate.[20] In 1934, Ashby sold the Reaper.[21] In 1935, Asbury sold his Price paper to Hal G. MacKnight and Val H. Cowles.[22] In 1937, the two bought the Helper Journal and appointed Clifton N. Memmott as manager.[23] In 1938 Cowles, a World War I veteran, was elected to serve in the Utah State Senate and would continue to do so for 9 years.[24] In 1941, Cowles sold his interest in the Journal to Memmott. In 1942, MacKnight sold his Journal stake to Joe Tullius.[25]

In 1948, L. Earl Durrant became Sun Advocate co-owner with McKnight.[26] In 1950, Tullius bought out Memmott from the Journal.[25] In 1966, MacKnight sold the Sun Advocate to an ownership group lead by Robert L. Finney and included Robert Cribb,[27] who then in 1973 bought the Journal from Tullius.[25] In 1975, Finney acquired the Emery County Progress.[28] In 1976, the Journal was merged with the Saturday edition of the Sun Advocate and renamed to the Sun Journal.[29]

In 1981, Communications Investment Corp., acquired the Sun Advocate and Progress. The company was owned by George C. Hatch and Wilda Gene Hatch, owners of the Ogden Standard-Examiner.[30] In 1989, Hometown Communication acquired the Sun Advocate and the Progress. In 1996, Brehm Communications of San Diego purchased both papers.[31] In 2018, Emery Telcom bought the Advocate and Progress from Brehm.[32]

References

  1. ^ "The Sun-Advocate (Price, Utah) 1932-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  2. ^ "Local and Other Briefs". The Salt Lake Herald. January 20, 1891. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Local Brevities". The Coalville Times. Coalville, Utah. February 1, 1895. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Bought The Advocate | R.W. Crockett Becomes Owner of Newspaper Proposition". The Salt Lake Herald. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Local Mentions". The Tooele Transcript. Tooele, Utah. May 3, 1907. p. 1.
  6. ^ "New Publishing Company". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 16, 1907. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Personals". Salt Lake Herald. June 3, 1907. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Editor Carl Williams Leaves Price Field". Salt Lake Herald. November 24, 1907. p. 3.
  9. ^ "New Editor in Charge". The Carbon County News. Price, Utah. July 3, 1913. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Fight Over Advocate Rather Complicated". The Carbon County News. Price, Utah. May 7, 1915. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Why "The Sun" Is Being Established". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. June 4, 1915. p. 1.
  12. ^ Benfer, W.C. (July 2, 1915). "News Changes Owners". The Carbon County News. Price, Utah. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Advocate Plant Sold For $5500". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. July 16, 1915. p. 1.
  14. ^ "The Caine in the Manger". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. July 28, 1915. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Pay No Money To The News-Advocate". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. September 24, 1915. p. 5.
  16. ^ "Editor Cooper of Price Newspaper Called by Death". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 14, 1923. p. 8.
  17. ^ "News-Advocate Observes Birthday | Ten Years Show Great Improvement". The Sun-Advocate. July 9, 1925. p. 1.
  18. ^ "Wm. Igleheart Takes Over the News-Advocate at Price". The Eureka Reporter. Eureka, Utah. June 6, 1929. p. 8.
  19. ^ "Plant of News-Advocate Sold at Auction". Emery County Progress. Castle Dale, Utah. January 29, 1932. p. 1.
  20. ^ "Reaper Publisher Adds Two Papers To His Interests". The Richfield Reaper. December 1, 1932. p. 1.
  21. ^ "Jos. Fuellenbach Takes Over Richfield Reaper". The Eureka Reporter. March 1, 1934. p. 1.
  22. ^ "Announcement". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. January 24, 1935. p. 1.
  23. ^ "Price Publishers Buys Helper Journal". Emery County Progress. Castle Dale, Utah. July 9, 1937. p. 1.
  24. ^ "Retired paper publisher dies". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. December 8, 1977. p. 31.
  25. ^ a b c "Helper Journal Changes Owners". Helper Journal. April 12, 1973. p. 1.
  26. ^ "Newspaperman Hal MacKnight dies". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. January 19, 1983. p. 1.
  27. ^ "The Sun-Advocate Changes Owners". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. February 17, 1966. p. 1.
  28. ^ "Progress sold to Sun-Advocate". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. February 6, 1975. p. 2.
  29. ^ "Newspapers plan growth". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. October 7, 1976. p. 1.
  30. ^ "Progress, Advocate changes ownership". Emery County Progress. Castle Dale, Utah. September 16, 1981. p. 1.
  31. ^ "Brehm company purchases Carbon, Emery newspapers". The Sun-Advocate. Price, Utah. May 9, 1996. p. 1.
  32. ^ Draper, Scottie (October 5, 2018). "Emery Telcom to Preserve History with Recent Acquisition". ETV News. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
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