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! pioneer newspaper, called the Register
They conducted their journal III very
acceptable and able manner, being as
! sisted from time 10 time 10y Judge james
| q. Swan, who wrote many valuable art
! icIes and readable sketches for the pub
/ Iication. Mr.. Whitacre has two daught-
| teTs, Mrs. T. :. Bartlett, OF this city, and
! Mrs. W. c. Garfield, of Dungeness. The
partner of his joys has been for many
years past the wife of Hon. ElIiot Cline,
Of Dungcness. Iir. y hitacre died early
/ in ms career, or he would certainly have
| achieved fame as Puget Sound journal
isl. After the Register came the North-
treSt, by Rev. J. T. Damon, now Of Seat
| tie: then the Message. a sprightly little
weekly, conducted early in the sixties"
| 10y Harry l.. Sutton, dissolute sort of
| fellow whO afterwaid kept saloon here.
gambied l. good deal and in 1877 killed
one Charles Howard, pilot, for which
crime Sutton was tried, convicted of man
slaughter, sentenced To imprisonment
for a term of years and ended by break
ing jail md going to parts unknown.
Before leaving the newspaper business,
! however, Sutton sold his outfit to the
late Alfred B. Pettygrove, eldest son of
Cur venerable friend, L. W. Pettygrove,
| Esq. AL" as he was familiarly called
by the boys, was rising young man of
good education aud excellent ability.
He made spicy, readable sheet of the
Message, bus concluded to get rid of its
former odOr and so changed its name and
make up i'll February, 1870, thus founding
the PUGET SOUND ARGUS, which paper
has made such progress as is evidenced
hy its daily and weekly editions of today.
Mr. Peitygrove unfortunately had not
the robust physical constitution neces-
sary TO support his brilliant intellect
In 1874 he sold his paper and printing
establishment to Mr.. c. w. Phi brick,
/ who conducted it until April, 1877, when
he sold to Allen Weir. Mr. Pettygrove's
| subsequent career and death in Califor-
MIA are known 10 our readers. Mr.. Weir
| changed the political complexion of the
paper and placed the Job printing de
! partment in charge of Mr.. T. Tallentire,
of Olympia, made extensive additions to
the mechanical outfit and commenced in
| a systematic way to build up a Journal to
Command the respect and confidence o.
the people, advocate general morals and
justice, and aid local development. I'm
der his direction the paper was never
sensational, but rather conservative in all
| things. lis change when he took charge
doubtless led to the establishing of Il
democratic paper in the place, which was
accomplished during the summer of 1877,
by Dr.. II. G. Wilson and Mr.. H. l..
Blanchard, a rising young lawyer, the
! latter apIIaE=--7-s- s-editor. A fierce con-
test was waged for couple OF years, tie
Democratic Press, the new paper, having
attempted to supercede the ARGUS and
get control of the field. 1t finally wahed,
however, the owners OF the enterprise
having found newspaper ventures expen-
sive Injuries which their purses and in
clinations did not warrant; they finally
turned the whole thing over to Mr.. Frank
| F. Myers, The material under mortgage
to Dr. Wilson. Mr.. Myers conducted
the paper for time, but finally sue
umbed to the inevitable and the paper
died natural death after fitrul, stormy
and unpleasant career of about three
| Il
and finally sold by the mortgagee who
| bought it himself and held it until apout
two weeks ago, when it was sold to be
used III the publication OF n new paper
to appear soon. This material, h lwever,
was used for two months early in the
present year by Mrssrs. A. ID. Bowen,
now of the Chehalis Pacific Journal, and
+. NJ. Walsh, now employed in the Mail
Office at LacOnner. These gentlemen
started a seven-column, patent outside
weekly, which they christened the Star,
but which they abandoned after two
months attempt. They were both young
men of ability, and have succeeded ad-
mirably in the business since The AR
GUS has held the field here with firm
grip since it secured strong footing
years ago. 1t long since emerged from
the patent inside stage of existence and
has steadily progressed in size and i'm
portance until its owners are willing to
compare it with any publication in any
town the size of Port Townsend on the
! Pacific ',Nact or Z
1882, daily edition was started, which
has been self sustaining ever since and
has become one OF the fixed institutions
of the place. In August Of the present
year Mr.. w. l.. Jones, formerly of Luce
x Jones, publishers of the HlIlsboro
| (Ogn.) independent, purchased half
interest in this paper and its mechanical
Quilt, job printing office, &c. Mr.. Jones
has added not little in talent, neeban-
zeal and mental ability TO the institution
The paper has large and growing nat
ronase, and its owners realize. that they
nave the nucleus OF a leading newspaper
OF the Territory; they have the start fs,l
will hold it We have thus faithfully
detailed the history of newspapar effort
in Port Townsend What il will ha in
future remains to be seen; but rest as
sured, dear readers, that this paper will
continue its lively interest and efforts in
building up the flourislling young city
on the shores of the finest harbor of tbe
Pacific
MARRIED..
ILITTLE-WALTON-At Seaheck W
T.. Dec. 10th. 1888, by Rev. II. EeUs.
Mr. William Little and Martina =