16 HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY PAPERS. James Logan was one of the prominent and assertive men of his day, and was a foeman worthy the steel of any of his militant editorial contemporaries. He was a memher of Beaver council from 1815 for twelve years at various times, the last year in 1833, and was clerk of comicil two years. He was Justice of the Peace of dis- trict No. 3, December 15, 1814; Clerk of Courts of the county 1824-25; Prothonotary 1830-36; and trustee of Beaver Academy, and secretary of the board, for 1833-35- 43-45. These three papers came into existence during the last administration of President Madison and extended into the first administration of President Monroe, thus being published when the dominant political sentiment was Republican, the Federalist party having largely dis- appeared. In the same period was fought to a success- ful conclusion the second war with Great Britain. The time was propitious for a journal of stability, the county having made considerable advancement in population, manufactures, commercial enterprises, and in agricul- ture, and the foundations of such a journal were laid by James Logan when on Tuesday September 1, 1818, he brought into existence the "Western Argus."
