Elmer Lloyd Terrill, of Oregon
Miss Muriel Grant, former city
City, has gone to Medford to become
editor of the Polk County Observer at Dallas, has resigned to accept a
night editor of the Sun. He was formerly employed on the Morning Enterprise, and later with the Port land Telegram. 0 Since the war, girl reporters are in evidence. Miss Madge Fulton, niece of the late Senator Fulton, is doing regular duty as a cub reporter on the Astorian. Mrs. W. N. Mes erve carries a note book for the same paper and furnishes copy regu __oi M. J. Brown, editor of the Courier at Corvallis, has sold his interest
position in the advertising depart ment of the Salem Statesman. -—-—o August Nikula, formerly manager of the Western Publishing Co., a Finnish organization issuing the daily Toveri (Comrade) is now man aging a mercantile business in As toria, having resigned his newspaper work a few weeks ago. He has been succeeded by A. J. Parthan as man ager of the Toveri. 0 Frank Hochfeld, librarian of the Oregonian, is in the hospital having
to
larly.
Frost.
been sent there for the removal of
Mr. Brown will continue as editor till late this spring. He has not yet made up his mind what to do but
his tonsils. Mr. Hochfeld was for merly in the Oregon Coast Artillery
hopes to get connection as a cor respondent somewhere.
reasons. It is thought the operation will materially improve his health. H. J. Campbell, assistant news edi tor, recently underwent a similar operation and is now in fine fettle. -—o J. V. Reid, new attache of the
his
partner,
E.
A.
M-Z0‘-—M.
J. Spencer Crawford, foreman of the Heppner Gazette-Times oflice, recently underwent an operation in Portland for the removal of a growth on his left foot. The opera tion was very successful and Mr. Crawford has returned to his work
in the back office. 0 Oregon Exchanges recently lost one of its staff members—Miss Emma Wootton of Astoria.
She has
returned to us however in the guise of Mrs. Elmer Hall and we are more than glad to welcome her back and wish her all possible hap piness. Mrs. Hall is managing editor of this issue and will edit next month ’s number of Oregon Ex changes. o Editor Arthur R. Crawford of the Heppner Gazette-Times recently re turned with his family from Cal
ifornia. A new addition to the family arrived in Berkeley on No vember 11, and the young lady has come up north where she may thrive in Oregon sunshine. While
in the South, Mr. Crawford worked on the editorial staff of the San Francisco Daily News.
and
was
discharged
for
physical
Postal Telegraph company handling
the special wire in the Oregonian office “came through” the other night for a place in the local hall of fame. The Oregonian received a late message calling for a war map. American troops had taken hold on the western front and had met the enemy in battle. No other paper had thus far printed a map showing the exact location of the American troops. The Oregonian artists had all left for the night and P. R. Kelty, night editor, was a study in eloquent but disgusted silence. Mr. Reid jumped into the breach. He opened the cartoonist ’s desk, and in about five minutes turned out a well proportioned map of the entire sector showing loca
tions of the American boys. Then someone discovered that Reid is an artist of no little ability. He is handling
the
Postal
wire
since
Frank Deparcq left to become all night chief at the central ofiice of the Postal in Portland. Mr. Reid is formerly of Ray, Arizona. 21
