Four pages of colored comics were introduced in the Saturday paper in 1921.
George Palmer Putnam, former publisher, is nationally known writer of western stories and travel works, arctic explorer, book publisher. His second wife was Amelia Earhart, noted aviatrice. His last two years in Oregon (1915-1917) he was secretary to Governor James Withycombe.
Mr. Lawrence, early editor of the Bulletin, was a native of Wisconsin, where he was born January 31, 1864. He was editor of the Oregon City Enterprise in the late 80's and early 90's. Later he worked on the Salem Statesman and the Oregonian, was assistant secretary of the Portland chamber of commerce. He went to Bend as United States land commissioner and there became acquainted with Max Lueddemann, who soon had him on the job as editor of the young paper. He died in Bend November 19, 1936.
The present head of the paper, Mr. Sawyer, served several years as county judge of Deschutes county, was a member of the state high way commission, later of the state capitol commission, which erected the new state capitol. He is active in community and state development.
Henry N. Fowler, a 1914 graduate of the University of Oregon, editor; Remey M. Cox news editor, Philip F. Brogan reporter, and Frank Loggan business manager.
The Bulletin had competition in its field from 19 15 to November 1926. The Central Oregon Press was established by Charles E. Short as a Friday independent paper. The next year Archie Whisnant be came editor and continued, remaining through 1921, when the daily edition was begun. After a year the daily was discontinued and the weekly was edited by Dan R. Conway. In 1924 the daily edition was resumed. For two months the picturesque but visionary Kirby Leigh Cardigan was in charge as managing editor. He was soon succeeded by D. W. Stone, who edited the paper until its purchase by J. E. Shelton of Eugene and associates (The Bend Publishing Company) in 1926. Harold A. (Hal) Moore, later political reporter and now telegraph editor of the Oregonian, was editor. The paper was sold to the Bulletin in November 1926.
In the meantime this paper had left its mark by enforcing, through a suit that went up to the Oregon supreme court, the right of newspaper reporters to inspect the records in the county clerk's office. The case was handled by Edward F. Bailey, prominent Democratic leader, who was the party's candidate for governor in 1930.
Other Bend publications were the Labor Bender, a labor weekly, published by the Central Trades, Labor & Farmers' Council, and edited by J. E. Bloom in 1920-21, and C. O. Broxon in 1922, and the Central Oregon Legionnaire, a monthly published by the Colortype Company, Inc., and edited by Charles F. Bown in 1923.
