, 1878-12-14
WILLIAM R, NEWEIT

best, to most of them, is A burden. g.
the poor and lowly, and to the rich and
powerful; to the ignorant and the intelli
gent; to the young and the old-ip a
word to all classes death comes in the
gulse of stranger Yet death ia u.s
common as any, the most vulgar thino 10
the SENSE, and through all time has cried
with powerful voice-but freouentlv
unheard, because the ear of man deEobfs
IN more pleasant sounds-".This must he
SO. Time speeds on, and ths heetinp
moments of which life is composed soon
pass away; and then, when brought face
to face with the destroyer, we halt. and
for the moment realize that each DAYS
march Is but a journey to the grave. The
impression Is but transitory, and, after
the first shock, lsan resumes his former
frame of mind and all thoughts of death.
so far ar he IS concerned, is laid away in
the grave with the remains of him who
has passed away" Perhaps this is for
the best. The living demand the atten-
ton Of the iivipg; the dead-what Of
they! Man, powerful man, strong in his
concelt, hearkens not To the voice from
Gut the tomb, crying, "To this complex
ion must you come at last.
4 few days since, William H. Newell
was alive, and his soul was filled with the
day dreams that form the major portion
of our common existence. To-day he
sleeps IN the silent halls Of death Born
in Centre county, Pennsylvania, January
1922, he Was at ihe time Of his death
scarcely 56 years Of age. His ancestors
on his patcInal side were English, and on
the maternal Scotch. Both families came
to America at an early day; on the pater-
nal side III lG;s3, settling near Boston.
from which place the family removed to
New Jersy and Pennsylvania. The early
Years of hisli We're passed on his father 5
farm, receiving such instruction rs the
county schools at that time afforded. Al
ways great reader, he resolved at ali
early age to become a printer, having
through the medium Of the small paper
published near his fathers home, become
convinced that newspaper office would
furnish him with the means to crafty h!S
taste for reading. Having secured III,
consent Of his parents. he was finally III
ducted into the mysteries of country
printing Office. Pcrfectlng himself Il,
well IS the facilities Of the office afforded
he determined t. acquire mere thoroug!
knowledge n the art. 10 that end he re
moved to New York, and through the IN
fluencc OF friends, ub;ained place in til,
great publishing house of Harper Bros
1t was here that he acquired that crltica
knowledge Of the business that IN aite
wears made him So indignant at the sigh
Of sEoycnly work that but few OF th'
many so-caIled printers could remain II
his employ. An Indifferent workman va
his aversion From New York he re
raycd to Baltimore where fer many year
ne was employed both as compassion an'
writer on many OF the leading papers O
that city. At an early day in the hlstor,
of California he settled IN San Francisc"
being first employed on the Herald, the,
the most influential journal on the Coast
and, AT that time, edited by John Nugcnt
Subsequently he was the leading edltoria
writer On the San Francisco Gail, and IL
recent Issue of that paper the presen
pruprietorS acknowledged that its success
: is mainly Gne I" his ability and labor
Removing to Oregon, he settled at 1h
Dalles and soon after started the NoHht
ai,,eer, a paper that, from the lrSt lssu'
to the present time, has been hnancla
success. IIis connection with TIE STATES
MAN is well known Suffice 1t 10 say tha
IL has always been supporting IN
stitution; and that too without any STRAIN
ing or undue solicitation OH his part Il"
he abhored the idea of soliciting trade.
1t was fayorite expression Of his: 'tha
if a paper deserved support 1t would y
ceivc it; if not worthy IL did not deserve
any" In conducting paper, his ann VA
, at all times TO promote the interests q
the community in which he WIS residing
As far back rs 1860 he wrote Il series q
articles upon the necessity for imProyin!
, the navigation of the Columbia by build
ing locks at The Dalles ard Cascades. Ii
that work he never ceased, and heiore IN
death he had the proud satisfaction o
SEEING his ideas OF twenty years before
carried into execution. Shams he ah"mI
mated, whether men or measures, ami h'
never failed to warn the people aSains
demarou.es, who, through pubic offices
sought to enrich themselves IT the people
cost. As has been said Of another; "wher
public sentiment was right he was fore
most among its advocates, but wher
wrong. he braccd himself manfully against
the erring flood " His whole ambition
WAS to protect and promote the welfare
Of the people. aid to the best OF his abil
iry. both as writer and speaker, ne was
their unrieldirg and aggressive champion,
Rv small men-those of IN inferior order
Of intellSt-he was never understood,
Their motiSes being always OF selfish
character, they could not realize that
man could by any chance be actuated "y
another ambition save that which governed
them, With this class he was always al
war. not that they were in his way, but
from : fear that the peoples interests
would sJI!!e- in their hands. Tins was
ibe keynote for ms likes and disilkes,
both of which, it is now Obvious 70 o'
seen. were distributed by rcasonand con
strollad lry causes" Those Of us who q
now upon tie stage Of life mast soon 10
low HIM. While here, let US like kim, be
faithful to our trusts, and like HIM, "he'
the dread hour comes realize that
--peaya-s hut path that Ia',s' .e trof
If,aan wouil ever pass to TOD
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A LIVE PApEI.-There is considerable
vim about the Ncrth Pacific Times pub
lshsd at New Tacoma III this Territory,
Here is a specimen taken at random IRON on
;ts colnmns: .iu Dakota, where the tidt