Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-12-28
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0llNplt. FRIDAY nf'l\C hlC. %, 1855
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b. a briof history ~ the newspaper
lrosA 81 the western division Of the
Territory Mr.. / does not claim
that - accurate IN all i,s state
m.his, aud regrets that the brief
time allowed for It's compilation has
resulted ia very incomplete and
partial account Of the early journal
Ism 81 Puget Sound" regret
winch will Ice shared 10y all pioneer
residents. who. ~ the ilocting years
roll around. manifest mn increasing
issrc to have our early history pre-
served IA some reliable as we'll ms
accessible form. The chapter on
e Journalism" IL one 81 the most i'm
puttaut memoirs u the series de-
voted 10 pioneer Lille. and IT is hoped
that after corrections have been sug
suggested b, those having authentic
knowledge Of incident. relating to
the subject. the article will DO re-
published by tho Hcraid, and made
the basis, or reliable starting point
for future reference.
A few Of the errors. in the para
gragh devoted TO Olympia news.
src noted for this object. Mr.. A. II.
Poe, hired the PIONEER and Democrat
material in September. 1861, and
started the Overland Press mot tho
Pony Press. ms stated by the Herald }
The real projectors Of the enterprise
wsre the owners Of tho Victoria (B.
O. Press. aud the Orc' land was in
tended 10 supply their Tuesday
morning issue. the important war
news being brought from the Col
iumbia river by . private carrier,
In the sbscncs Of telegraph com
muaication. The Press was thus
enabled 10 distance its competitor,
the Colon,.i. until the latter journ al
likewise established . pony express,
aud bad an extra printed in this
place for distribution soon m the
steamer touched the wharf at VIC
toria. Subsequently. Mr.. Poe gave
the paper local character aud SOW.
cred oil connection with the parent
journal at Victoria. II WAS after
wards consecutively published by
L. a. Abbott. l. Co., Watson Il
Abbott. b. Y. Kendall. Wilson h
He'd and Il. II. Hewitt. who changed
The name 10 Pacific Tribune. In
December. 1867. this journal passed
into the possession Of tho Prosohes.
who publishsd q daily edition ill
tome time early In the '70s, when
The bansling wss removed TO Tacoma,
In the hope that railroad pap would
revive In failing constitution. Mr..
hsniord's account. from this time 10
probably correct. In 1864, Rev.
Mi w. Foster. IN srratic Campbell.
lite preacher, started . sixteen page
mosshly magazine. entitled Far West.
but u did not get beyond the third
number.
The next In chronological order
comes the Washington Democrat. e.
tsblishsd by u. n. Hicks In October.
1854. which suspended publication
July 10. Of the succeeding year
Then came The Transcript Nov. 80.
1857. established mot by Mr.. s. d.
Howe, but Msssrs. Quinn 4 Gale, }
vhish In June. 1870. Was transferred
10 We present publisher. Mr.. Gum.
TIE Territorial Republican. Was
started Aug. 10. 1858. - . Garfislds
organ. Il was published by J. r.
Watson, and Oct. 2. became the
Commcsciai Age. with the age
Publishing Go. " for sponsors. Dec.
1ssh. the same year. q. d. Baglsy
assumsd control. and the Age sus-
pssdsd publication In Juno. 1870.
saaoussinG The election Of il patron
saint, 0arhisds, In the last issue.
Bspssmbsr Gath. 1868. the publ
cation Of the Echo. WAS begun by
"a Commislss Of Temperance Or
ganisations." December Gath, same
year. Abbott h Baglsy assumed i.s
publicasicn. for the Aforesaid Com.
mi,sse. Dec. 23d, 1860, Mr.. Bag.
lsy's name Was dropped and Mr.. l..
y. Yemen became editor. Oct. 20,
1910. Mr.. ]. II. Munson became
proprietor. with the sdisosial man
agsmsnt unchanged. The issue Of
Nov. n. 1873. contains the valsdic-
tory Of the proprietor. the paper
passing under the control Of Mr.. j.
N. Gale. The subsequent history Of
The ksho. ~ narrated by Mr.. Han
ford. 10 Substantially correct
The Courier was established a. Q
daily and weekly In 1872 mot 1867
by an association Of politicians.
among whom we're Gov. Ferry. Gen.
Mckinney. Msssrs. Barnes. Beach.
Reed. 0ar6slde. =. j.. Moore, Coul-
ter. Bradshaw. and others, none Of
whom we're practical business men
In thu, line Of labor. The subscrip-
ton was placed at the bare cost Of
white paper. in the hope Of At once
attaining = large circulation, and Of
course the enterprise was q financial