The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-21

~~-~~t z<t7<r<rs A&sTt t$ft4<43 k&@f s4~<HtEE
sitaosss money. and xerr csnaK~lAexi
g sex u IN esner telds- This eEsaed
sffs career Of their vsnIsefive essxar.
Mho resnrsAsat 10 Portland. where ;ss
GARD some wears later.
Ase1f S>~s Mr.. and Mrs Nerer
punished for year or more IA Taco
ma qnarfo Journal called the ysvxA
fscsst tssszx- IL was edited or con-
s.ins:ed 20. believe. largely hy Rev.
Nj. ksnheid and the Hon. E. Evans.
and vas devoted TO the home life
schoca-s agriculture. horticulture.
coua nerce, mines. manufaetur. $. and
other resources and industries II
Washington tertiary" liz Is not
reasonable 30 supgo<e that q paper
ssSsctsss 10 80 missy things comid live
long: therefore II died young Besides
IL contained none Of the matter 10
which II wss devoted, nor did il con-
tain All item OF rews. local or general.
hsst was tiled with . history OF the
Oregon Controversy, 20 tie excia-
sson of every thing else No wonder Is
died.
Meanwhile Taeema had grown con-
sssierabfy. aud in ts~s offered n raach
letter field for newspaper than az
any previous period. In this year
Mr.. K. r. Rsdehaagh, formerly OF
SSH Francisco. and Mr.. III. c. Patrick
OF Sacramento. came to this cfty and
started the Weekly L<ssser. Early in
iss2. Mr.. Patrick left the Eesiser ard
purchased OF the Moneys q small
seekly newspaper called the Esevus
toessfs News, which WAS started hs q.
w Aattlce, who failed 10 make il
pay, when IL reverted 10 the Moneys.
Mr.. Patrick changed its title 10 the
Iacsssas Aesss, and published il a. a
weekly paper only until September
-. ISIS. when IL was made a daily.
About August I. fsss. e. y. Fuller
assumed the essifoFship af the Nrws,
continuing that connection until sae
spring 81 nssS. when be retired 10 be-
come secretary ii the Tacoma Cham
Ter OF Commerce. The I<igsr was
made daily earlier. In the month. If
Afr1i. i.>s. and both Of these pafers
have continued Ia the present xeaIs,ns
exponenss of the interests OF their
respe tive parties aud patrons. the
Ledger being Republican paper and
the Aexs Democratic. A commend
asle enterprise has marked from the
outset the career of the Ledger, which
gives promise Of long being popular
naoushpiece OF the people. While il
has remained under enc PROPRIETOR
ship. the -Negs has changed hands
several times. H. c. Patrick. the
original proprietor OF the Ness now
vorthiiy Els the Office of Justice ot the
peace, which il Is hoped tie finds rot
less lucrative ami agreeable than pub
iiStiing paper.
In November last the GioA~ was
started as rival To the Ledger. Its
general appearance was credisahle,
bat its success in suppianting the
older journal is rrohlemalicaI
The Journal Is a weekly paper de-
voted Ia the real estate and industrial
interests OF Washington. In Is pub
lished by Berry 4 Houghton aud ed
tied by Mr.. e. w Hobart in manner
cresiifabse alike 10 his industry ana
Judgment. The paper Is Doing good
work and i seemingly in a prosper
Gus condition. /: has now been run
aing a out a year and four months.
The SsAsfny 5Esass made its first ap-
pearance la Tacoma on the 10th Of
June, lSSs. Ii is profuseiy illustrated.
AID Is said Ia be decided success
peeuniariiy. Its editor and propri-
etor Is ]. ". Clark. an original writer
gifted with fund OF humor that
snakes the carnations from his pen
always readable and refreshing
Edwin y. and Robert T. Fuller on
the 81 of March last issued the first
number of Every Ssadas. A eursory
glance at its columns Is ali that is
needed To fay0rabiv impress the
reader. The editor. Z. \. Fuller, dis
plays both ability a. a writer and
Judgment as compiler. and will sue
coed where success a y journalist is
possible
Tbs Northeast Hosties.lsaraisv. orig
mated by Mr.. Bucsy, is now published
BY MeSsr>. Tonneson. Roothroyi &
Dunkel. a firm capable OF conducting
II 10 = sueceSsfni issue. To the farmer
il should be indispensable.
The latest addition Ia Tacoma Jour
nails Is the Hosf ttnss 7nade, edited by
Orno Strong, sn experienced news
IL is supposed 10 fill the last OF the
iong-feit wants of this rapidly grow
ing CITY.
In 1855 a journal entitled Tfsqcf
Sound Courier was published in Stella
COON by Gum 4 Afiseck. bsu was
soon suspended for lack of support
A year later Frank Baich published
in steiiacoom the Washington Repslli-
oaa as campaign paper. and made no
effort to protract It's existence beyond
the close of the election. A few
months lister small sheet entitled
fFutA Teller was issued from the same
Office. the latter being limited 10 two
issues and devoted 20 the yindication
of certain military and civil officials,
who were charged with undue symps-
thy Tor Indians lately engaged in hos
Utilities with the whites. Having
siienced their ascusers there was no
motive for continuing the publication.
On the 18th Of March, is5s. the
Puget iscsssd Herald made It's appear
ance in Steiacoom, and was warmly
welcomed everywhere on Puget sound
a. worthy competitor Of the Homer
and Ei,aocyaf. then the only other
journal In Washington territory. For
zone six years. including ore or two
b:ie. intermiSSions. Chsries Prosch
and sons continued the publication Of
the Heraid Finally sfeilscoom, once
the most ropnioas, prosperous and
promising town in tie territory. failed
TO yield anything like adequate sup
port for the paper, and II VAS COM
.slled ia consequence to suspend.
Tie deeadence of the town vas not
alone the cause of the sus pension: IL
vas in great part due 10 the appesr-
afsce of journals in other towns and
counties whence the Herald derived
EoSsdly share of its sslsyenauee in
former years Several papers were
subsequently, started in stsitacoom by
pri-ssrs ambitious TO dis ingsfssh
themselves by reSnseitating the io~u,
bat the tow n didn't re<aseitate under
their efforts. One OF the said printers
Ia young >gs<le named piekefssl scta-
ally died Isl harness, white the others
were -fsfsed inso abandoning the
frEiiiesS ard bog,-iess lat~yr. The
names Il these later publications can
not now he FecsIlsd. nor would il
serve snv ps1rpose OF the association
10 place them Oh record. One or tao
of them. however. were literary curl
o@isies that might have rfovoseSi q
smile afnong lournali-s OF the present
generation
sKaofr coUS-y.
In The summer 81 is73 q printer
james POKER. sho had but recently
arrived from Washington City. .szriesi
the LIS Common Hasiin the then grosing
toxn OF that nasne For ahoRs rsf
years Mr. Poser met with gratifying
success IN his enterprise; the p8lslies-
ton os isna notices OF u hitch ~ one
period he obtained a Toosiiy sharel
aiding materially in furnishing fhs
hers lihal Ia enable him To produce