Index:History of Oregon Newspapers.pdf

Title	History of Oregon Newspapers
Author	George Stanley Turnbull
Year	1939
Publisher	Binfords & Mort
Location	Portland, Oregon
Source	pdf
Progress	To be proofread
Transclusion	Index not transcluded or unreviewed

Pages (key to Page Status)

- - - - - half-title - title © dedication - preface preface ToC ToC ToC ToC 13 14 15 16 plate -

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 plate - 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107

108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204

205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447

448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527

528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 - - - -

CONTENTS

I.

INTRODUCTION: General Summary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

13

II.

THE PIONEER PERIOD.

⁠The Spectator and Its Neighbors ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

24

⁠Dryer and the Weekly Oregonian ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

55

⁠Thurston, Bush, and the Statesman ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

⁠The "Oregon Style" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

⁠Pioneer-Day Advertising ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

⁠Early Journalism Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

105

THE STATEHOOD PERIOD.

⁠Pittock and the Morning Oregonian ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

109

Chapter not listed in original Table of Contents 

⁠Early Oregon Editors ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

114

⁠Harvey Scott, the Leader ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

117

⁠Journalism in Salem ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

133

⁠Dailies That Struggled and Died ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

145

⁠The Bulletin and the Bee ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

152

⁠Libel and Violence Bear Fruit ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

157

⁠Abigail Scott Duniway and the New Northwest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

164

⁠The Portland Telegram ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

177

⁠The Linotype, Hard Times, and the Sun ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

183

⁠Sam Jackson and the Journal ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

187

⁠The Strange Birth of the Mysterious News ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

194

⁠Later Days of the Oregonian ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

198

III.

JOURNALISM IN THE COUNTIES.
⁠(Counties in chronological order of founding of their first newspapers)

1

Clackamas. 1846. Oregon City. Birthplace ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

205

2

Washington. 1848. The Old Mission Press. Hillsboro and Forest Grove ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

211

3

Multnomah. 1850. Mostly Portland. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

219

4

Marion. 1851. Little Vox Populi Was First ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

220

5

Benton. 1853. Oregon Statesman First. Avery and his "Ox" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

225

6

Douglas. 1854. Roseburg. Murder Mystery Built Paper ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

234

7

Jackson. 1855. Jacksonville, Ashland, Medford. Stirring Journalism ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

246

8

Polk. 1856. Little Eola Had First Paper. Dallas and Other Towns ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

261

9

Lane. 1856. Eugene. Joaquin Miller, Pengra, Kincaid, Thompson ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

268

10

Wasco. 1859. The Dalles, Army Officer First Editor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

283

11

Linn. 1859. Albany, Delazon Smith Pioneer Editor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

290

12

Clatsop. 1864. Astoria. Marine Gazette First. D. C. Ireland. O. W. Dunbar ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

301

13

Umatilla. 1865. Pendleton and Neighbors. Jackson and the E. O. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

312

14

Yamhill. 1866. Lafayette Led the Way, Then McMinnville ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

330

15

Grant. 1868. Canyon City and the Whimsical Old City Journal ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

339

16

Union. 1868. Hot Race for Lead. La Grande and Union ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

341

17

Baker. 1870. Baker and Sumpter. Some Lively Times. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

352

18

Coos. 1873. Marshfield and Neighbors. Press Origins Hazy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

357

19

Lake. 1878. Lakeview. Some Big Fire Stories. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

367

20

Curry. 1880. Upton First Publisher. Gold Beach, Port Orford ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

372

21

Columbia. 1880. St. Helens, Rainier, Clatskanie ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

377

22

Crook. 1880. Prineville. Much Merging of Papers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

384

23.

Lincoln. 1882. Yaquina and the Editorial Association. Newport, Toledo ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

385

24.

Morrow. Heppner and Its One Big Story ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

392

25.

Wallowa. 1884. Enterprise, Wallowa, Joseph. Newspapers Shifted About ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

396

26.

Klamath. 1884. Linkville. Klamath and Neighbors. Hot Newspaper Warfare ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

400

27.

Josephine. 1885. Grants Pass. Courier Man Real Veteran ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

412

28.

Harney. 1885. Burns. Early Byrds Still There ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

417

29.

Wheeler. 1885. Fossil. Land Notices Attract Publisher ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

422

30.

Malheur. 1887. Ontario and Vale. Some Lively Old-Timers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

423

31.

Tillamook and Its Neighbors. Headlight Was First ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

429

32.

Hood River. 1889. Cradlebaugh and the Glacier. The Pacemaking News ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

433

33.

Gilliam. 1891. Arlington and Condon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

436

34.

Sherman. 1891. Moro, Wasco, Grass Valley. Shifting and Consolidation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

438

35.

Deschutes. 1903. Bend and Redmond. Log Hut Paper's First Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

441

36.

Jefferson. 1904. Madras. Newspaper Born in a Tent ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

446

IV.

TRAIL OF THE REPORTERS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

448

Malone, Ireland, Hicks, and the Rest
Evolution of Newswriting

V.

RISE OF SOCIETY WRITING ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

472

VI.

RISE OF THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

477

VII.

SPORTS THEN AND NOW ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

484

First Horserace Story Was Slow. Early Pugilism. Baseball Writing Grew. Pedestrianism. Criket. Billiards. Yachting. Football. Golf. Development of the Sports Editor.

VIII.

SPECIALIZED PRESS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

523

IX.

GROWTH OF OREGON NEWSPAPERS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

526