mimeograph, telling in succinct fashion the story of the catastrophe.
E. N. Hurd, publisher of the Signal at Seaside, turned over his plant to the
with important local news and advertising.
copy.
Budget on the following day and the Astoria paper got out its editions in the
Astoria» had a similar experience. Stores
began moving into temporary quarters
aud wanted space to announce their new
neighboring town.
The editorial office
remained in the Y. M. C. A. Copy went
by automobile to Seaside where DeWitt Gilbert of the Budget staff was on the job as superintendent of make-up.
bert’s knowledge of the
The advertising manager of the
locations and to continue to advertise their products. The columns of the Bud get could not accommodate all the ad
vertising copy that was submitted, ac
Gil
mechanics
C. T. Larson, advertising manager,
found himself swamped with advertising
of
cording to Mr. Larson, and he printed the
printing, learned while a student of jour
ads in the order in which they came into
nalism at the University of Oregon, stood him in good stead. He set many of the
his office, retail shops waiting their turn.
heads himself and made up the pages.
ing the fire every man on the payroll was retained, according to Mr. Chessman. “We didn’t miss a payroll,” he says.
Foarron Pm-zss Hears The Budget published at Seaside
a
week. Offered the use of the press of the Tove-ri, the foreign language newspaper that escaped the fire, the Budget mechani cal staff and make-up editor returned to
Throughout the difficult period follow
How THE Asmarm Wonxan
The Astorian staff worked heroically immediately after the fire. The spirit of “Let’s Go” animated every reporter, edi
Astoria. Copy was set on rescued linotypes of the Astoricm which were installed in a build ing on Astor street. However, after two
days in Astoria the Budget returned to the Seaside shop. Meanwhile composing stones, and new job and head type were ordered. Advertisers were clamoring for space in the paper to announce resump
tion of business and the Budget was able
tor, member of the business staff, and the mechanical force. Just as the paper was going to press on the day of the fire the power went off and the issue of the Astorian was missed on that day. Friday morning the fire, by a surprising spurt under one of the hollow streets, reached the Astorian building. Quick work on the part of employes saved two of the
linotypes.
Undaunted by the loss, the
to turn out a four-page paper daily.
December 21 the Budget set up inter types and job presses in a store room of the Sanborn-Cutting Co. in Astoria and has published in its own town since that date. It moved into its own building, which had been restored by emergency crews of carpenters, on January 14. The Budget went to eight pages on January 12. Anvrnrrrsrso FLOODS In The Associated Press and United Press services were cut off at the time of the fire and were not resumed until several
weeks afterward.
The
loss of tele
graph news apparently did not worry Budget subscribers. The paper was jammed
news and mechanical forces reported at
the shop of the Towri Friday night. Re porters wrote their stories in a room that housed the linotypes. The staff turned
out a four-page paper in time to catch
the morning mail and delivery. It was a feat in the face of difficulties that every newspaperman will applaud. In this crisis the staff worked forty-four hours without sleep.
Six pages were iued Sunday morning and again Tuesday following the fire. In succeeding days the Astorian published one eight-page paper and the remainder ten or twelve pages.
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