J. E. Shelton of the Eugene Guard is the author of an ingenious little booklet entitled “Home Brew,” which places be fore foreign advertisers the Guard’s pulling power in the local field. The cover carries a bottle golden in hue, bearing a green label “Bottled by Guard Printing Company, Eugene, Oregon.” “It has a kick in it for the advertiser and advertising agent,” the title page continues. “It’s better inside than out; dare you try
The Joseph Herald has been sold to O. G. Crawford by O. L. Smallwood. Mr. Crawford formerly was with the Enter prise Record Chieftain and has been raised in the newspaper business. He is a brother of Vawter Crawford of the Heppner Gazette-Times. Eugene Smith has taken Mr. Crawford’s place on the
Record Chieftain, starting in as cub. M
J. M. Bledsoe has sold the Wallowa Su‘
it,” is the final challenge to the reader,
to D. M. Major and K. Guilfoil, two
who is thus led to the inside of the “bottle.”
young men from Michigan who propose
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Ham Kautzmann, formerly publisher of the Tualatin Valley News at Sherwood, is now, with his son, publishing the Paci fic Herald at Waldport. Mr Kautzmann' apparently likes his new field, for his envelopes carry in the corner the state ment that Waldport is “on the Alsea
Bay, where summer pleasures remain all winter, - where life is almost eter nal, drug stones scarce, and doctors an
unknown quantity.”
to build on the strong foundation laid bv the former owner and make the paper still better. Mr. Bledsoe has an itching to try farming and'is looking for a tract of land. -i—oi—
Floyd A. Fessler, former publisher of the Prineville Call, is recuperating at his ranch near Hillsboro after an eight weeks’ siege in the hospital. Mr. Fessler ex pects to be able to resume active news paper work within a few weeks, but has not yet made his plans,
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The Nestucca Valley Enterprise, pub lished at Cloverdale,Tillamook county, has
The Goat Journal of Portland, of which A. C. Gage is editor and publisher, an
discontinued, leaving Cloverdale without
nounces a reduction of its subscription price to a year, with a corresponding cut in advertising prices. The favor able paper market is mentioned by Mr. Gage as a reason for his ability to reduce.
a newspaper. Rev. R. Y. Blalock, former editor of the Enterprise, has moved the
printing plant to Beaver, where he is pub lishingq a religious monthly called the Western Baptist.
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The marriage of Miss Pearl Osborn,
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Mel Wharton, of Portland, former mar
ine editor of the Evening Telegram, and later publicity manager of the Multno mah Hotel, is now free-lancing, directing his immediate attention to gathering spec ial news photos, special articles, and trade
of Madras, and George Pearce, editor of the Madras Pioneer. was solemnized No vember 13. Mr. Pearce was formerly employed on the Pendleton East Oregon ran, km
E. E. Southard has sold the Elgin
journal work. ._io.._.._.
Recorder to W. M. Dynes, who formerly
Clark Leiter, northwest editor; Henry M. Hanzen, political editor, and James Sheehy, city hall reporter, formed a tri umvirate of special writers for the Port land Telegram at the special session of the legislature held the week of December 19-24.
lived in Alaska. Mr. Southard will leave Elgin, probably going to western Oregon. -MoM
Jay C. Allen Jr. and Fred Dodson of the staff of the Eugene Morning Reg ister spent the holidays in San Fran cisc0-
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