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

ieasasax journals 81 the Pacific eossr.
In fs-i MzxweIs sold the f~s<ssss<xcrv
then vet weekly pa ongx. - NJ
David Higgins for $xus. lsnssr TIRE
psorrictorskip OF HigSiEs the journal
proSpeTe-f While the town grew. until
IN ISIS il was Thought the lire
bad arrived for the Issue al d daily a.
J well As weekly This was aecsrs;iux.y
doue, ard IL immediately became au-
parent that the enterpriSe Vas not pre-
mature for the daily paid Handsomely
from the start
Being DESTROYS OF removing t.s East
ern Washington. which then offered
tempting Inducements 30 new settlers.
m IsTe Higgins Sold the esfsbsssh rsenr
for ). 90 to Mr.. Tbaddeus Hxnforsa.
who had edited the paper for several
years In is7s. somewhat more than
q twelve sacntA lss<r. Mr. Hsnforsi
sold lt 70 Aessrs Thomas ". Proscs,
and Samuel l. Crawford.
In l.s5 Or fxs man named Murphy.
formerly tailor Ia The srmr, brought
[ q small printing ousflf 10 Seattle and
issued q 6zs sheet for few weeks or
months. the name and character of
which are lost TO memory This oy4t-
/ At subsequently fell into the hands of
z
BFoxn. who IN I<a started the HeSksu
Page. Sssssd Dispatch Larrabee soon
severesf his connection with the paper.
leaving Brown 20 run il alone Early
IN ISIS Brown commenced the issue
OF the Daily Dispatch. in which the
only local intelligence WAS the pro-
Greetings OF the common council, al
1 Intervals of a week or more. In 1876,
saout year later, Thomas Il. Merry
assumed charge OF the fsspcsrA in the
interest Of the Democratic party and
( In opposition 10 the Parihr Trs1,ase.
which was Republican paper Hav-
/ ing failed pecuniarily ard politically
IL The campaign OF that year. Merry
/ bad no further use for the payer.
! ghereupon Brown resumed the pro-
/ yrsssor hip. Soon after this the latter
Ss- soiaexl hy four or tsye practical
printer. who fsrmsd q joint stock
company assd eSs&yei 10 plare the
i,fsp~afea on paying basis. Rat their
effort proved signal failure, and in
September. ISIS. Thaddeus Hanforss
purchased the establishment ard
I merged IL into The fsseiIiresrsr. Some
n onths later he absorbed IN like man.
ner the Tribune, and then became for
short period the publisher and pro-
/ prietor OF the only Journal in Seattle
In the mean time Mr. b. L. Northup
stsrled monthly agricultural paper
( called The North Racsfe RnTai.
This obtained some circulation in the
country, and formed the nucleus of q
new daily, which was issued With
the title of the Post in October, ISIS,
under he management of K G. &
Mark Ward. Several wealthy citizens
subsequently, obtained control
OF the Post through money ad-
vaneed 20 defray the expense of /
its publication. 1t proved an .sele- /
plant on their hands, and in ISL
they merged it into the Intelligence. |
under the management OF Thomas
W. Proscb, thus far the most success
ful newspaper proprietor on Puget |
sound. Under his control the Posi- !
! Iats9sigesaoef made rapid strides in pop
ular favor, and was soon recognized a.
the most influential journal in the ter
ritory. both east and west Of the
Cascades. In 1886, after this journal
had become power OF no small mag
nItude in molding and directing the |
sentiments OF the people. il was sold /
I iirst to = joint stock company and
subsequently 10 Leigh S. ].
Hunt, who still further aug
menied It's prestige and influence
by liberal expenditure of money
In the employment o additional cor
respondents, the whole being placed
under the energetic management of
Mr.. Alfred Holman. Mr.. Fred j.
Grant, fluent and graceful writer
who edited the paper under the Old
regime, Was retained by Mr. Hunt
upon the consunmation of the eonsoi- |
idation above mentioned. Mr. Craw- !
ford retired from the Joint proprietor |
ship, but retained his conn ction as
local reporter until isss. when he quit |
the newspaper field for mcIe lucra- |
tive calling.
Soon after he was dispossesssd Of
the Post. Kirk G. Ward started the
Giggaicis. FIRST as an evening aud later
as morning daily. Some four or
five printers were associated with bin
| in this enterprise. but their united
efforts failed 10 permanently establish
it, and the paper was finally suspended
Tor lack OF adequate support.
In July, lss2, San Francisco news
paper carrier named W. G. G. Pitt, T.
H. Bates and Thad Hartford started
The Herald, another daily. using the
old Faoac Tribune material. The pro-
energy and Industry rarely eonaled in
like enterprise. and wozld DOUBTLESS
have succeeded II the field had been
! large enough 10 admit of il, but Sc
atsie had all the papers il could sus-
tain before the advent of the Herald,
and It's survival soon became a Ques-
ton the solution OF which depended
upon the forhsarsnce of creditors ard
! the sympathy OF printers. When
/ these we're exhausted the paper col
I lapsea.
Between tie years $50 and lss3
several papers Of less note were started
( In Seattle. even the memory of which
/ has been lost. Among the number,
/ however, are recalled the Fsaback and
+. the NisysT, the latter temperance
organ.
( In the summer of 1855 a number OF
the leading citizens subscribed lib
esai sum of money 10 subsidize paper
I 10 eounteraet or neutraiize the in
F. fiuence of the Daily CaA, sn evening
I incenaiary sheet published by several
young men in Tire interest of the dis
orderly and mob element of Seattle
Messrs. r. a. Dempsey. ]. X.
Andrews. and one or fso others,
undertook TIE task of publish
lEE me paper IGF the sNfs>ls3N
offered, and accordingly issued the
( ns7slv 7isaes. also an evening pape-,
1 with the understanding that The sub
sidy Was TO be continued for six
months emily. At theexpira,ion OF the
allotted tioe Mr., Dempsey vas left alone
+ To continue the publication, the Others
having Withdrawn from the enter
prise The last named gentleman. by
careful management, coupled with
( commend able Industry. succeeded In
placing the 7snses or 80 disappearing
haSis. hen he induced Ctl. q. g.
LYON, ore OF the most forclhle writers
of the city, 10 identity himself with il
- editor. Under tie control Of
NeSSts. Dempsey sud Lyon The paper
rapidly grew IN popular esteem. ard
.oon took its place among sbe leading
daily ard weekly journals Of Seattle.
In nos employs corps 81 e. ifors anu
reporters. Who. FER ability and In
auSfry, would he eFes3it TO any Jour
mai. and gives promise OF successfully
,ssfs ing for many wears the eompefi-
tor of rivals.
The Gail. ia the summer OF the SAME
year (lasSl, became subject "a The con-
troll of Mr.. Homer Hssi. who soon
thereafter changed the name to the
seassls ffess. publishing daily and
weekly untisr that title. Mr. Hill
at44ssss-sS himself Nth commend si1sks