Floyd C. Westerfield, of Grass Valley, Or., has gone to work in the business office of the Bulletin, at Bend, Mr. Westerfield has just been graduated from the University of Oregon as a member of the class of 1918. He specialized in the work of the school of journalism.
E. M. Olmstead, lately of Stayton, Or., has purchased the plant of the Eugene Printing Company, in Eugene, from J. C. Dimm, of Springfield, and Robert Hall. Mr. Dimm gave up active management of the plant a year ago to edit the Twice-a-Week Springfield News, and since then Mr. Hall has had active charge of the shop.
Harry N, Crain, of the class of 1918 in the school of journalism in the University of Oregon, is holding down an editorial chair in the office of the Polk County Ob server, at Dallas. Mr. Crain has had considerable journalistic ex perience, having been connected with the Western World at Ban don and other publications.
Fred A. Woelflen, news editor of the Bend Bulletin, is among those who will respond when the Third Oregon regiment is called into the federal service. Mr. Woelflen, who is a graduate of the University of Washington, class of 1915, is a former resident of Lewiston, Idaho, where he was correspondent for Seattle and Portland newspapers.
H. W. Dewey, stereotyper, has recently submitted an idea for possible protection against submarines, to the United States Government. The device is in the nature of a floating armored cushion to absorb the torpedo shock and explosion. Mr. Dewey presented the idea to United States Attorney Reames, who advised that it be turned over immediately to the government at Washington.
Paul Ryan, night police reporter, has returned to the Oregonian after spending a few weeks at Oregon City, where he helped E. E. Brodie install his enlarged plant, incident to increasing the size of the Enterprise from four to eight pages.
Frank Bartholomew, a graduate of the High School of Commerce, and for the last year reporter from that school for The Sunday Oregonian's school page, has joined the local state as "cub." Mr. Bartholomew has had some experience in a country printing plant.
Charles W. Myers, formerly real estate editor of The Oregonian, who during the last four years has been identified with The Timber man, Motoroad and Pacific Interstate, and publicity manager for the Portland dock commission, during the recent successful campaign for the bulk grain elevator bonds, has returned to the news room staff, having been called in to fill the breach on the copy desk caused by enlistments.
Charles C. Hart, formerly city editor of the Spokesman-Review at Spokane, and for several years its correspondent at Washington, after which he was candidate for Congress from the Spokane district of Washington, has been a visitor in Portland for several weeks, renewing acquaintances with a number of the "boys" with whom he has worked in various cities. Mr. Hart was the original Hughes boomer, and of all news paper men, probably the most responsible for the entrance of Mr. Hughes into the late campaign. Mr. Hart recently married a Minneapols girl whom he met while touring for Hughes in 1915. He is now a personal representative of W. H. Cowles, publisher of the Spokesman-Review, in connection with the farm publications issued by that paper.
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