The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-21
WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS.
Historian Proseh-s "reminiscences
81 the Pioneer Press.
me First Prtnsssg M.<hfn~ w.st az
the Rocky Kesssains-s~As-
sis's Nasy Papers.

Following IL the pape. OF N,
.haries Prosch Of Seattle, historian 81
The Washington Prrss Association on
Warrington Territory Sewsuap@rs =
read ~ the recent NEE ting OF The assoc
citation in Tacoma.
n compliance with the desire Of
sAIs a-socsalsons rs expressed Il its
-. ennusl meeting. present here
v.In brief history Of the press Of
y asnfngsoa. from the Introduction az
TIE hrsf printing press in Oregon. terri
sory tot which Washington was then
. kaS') to The present period
Inc ezriieat record we have OF the
OF printing press in
United states territory ON the Parssc
coast locates IL in lapwai. nov ia
Idaho. bat then part OF Oregon. su
49, In the SUMMER OF that wear NJ.
Edwin OscasoEIail. under the Auspices
OF the American Board OF Missions
executed the first printieg vest of the
nocky mountains. the work then
done ~ BIN being small elcsnes.fary
BOOK In the language Of the Neg p~rcrs
Indians. Er. Hall was originally 3
New York city printer: in i-34 be-
III ane puhsie pfofe sion OF religion
and the foiis~ing wear va. sent by
The board OF foreign EMISSIONS. accom-
panied by his wlfe, 10 the Hawaiian
Stands a. missionary. In 1850 The
Hawaiian church at Honolulu donated
- the Oregon mission ttse fsres< re
'erred 10. also 4 small font OF tvpe
Win .ane AID other articles ysfsfed
AZ $50 WIKI these Sir. Hal and wIse
ssFs'es7sse 81 "a laIssai. where. ~ b@sore
slaaef1. ile cid she first work Ia that
it1se kisoyn - have been sssss- ns. this
Cost. lie subses3 Ea~nris tasigis: Others.
Both whites and indians, how to mse
TIE printing msferial, 20 that v hen
Ese let Oregon. a year or 80 later, those
= fio remsiised continued the work in
q small was. In 1917 this press was
moved 10 the Tualst.n Plains. near
where the Drcoon smegsraa
and Esangrsic1i raiosisf, the second
newspaper oi Oregon. was printed on
Il under the pro5rletorship OF Res. ].
:. Usffin. fhis venerable press u now
AZ salem. n the historical rooms OF
Oregon
Mr. e. o. Hall. who may justly be
regarded az the pioneer printer and
publisher Of the Pacific coast. lived To
the age 81 73 years. and finally de-
parted this life al Falmouth. Name,
on the 10th Of September. ISIS.
fnasmuch as Washington. Idaho,
" yomsng and Montana were parts of
Oregon until 1873. and had no separ-
ate existence prior 10 that year, the
is deemed not inappropri.
afely part Of this record. The facts
are obtained from Mr.. NJ Eells. than
whom there Is probably no man iis-
ing more conversanf with the early
history OF Oregon and Washington.
In ls46 the Oregon Spectator appeared
IN Oregon City, and Was issued irregu-
larly for several years. by whom is an
This was doubtless the first
general newspaper published in the
territory. Copies Of the Spectator are
still in the possession of few old set
tiers. who prize them as souvenirs of
the past
The Weekly 6segoa;an was published
In Portland by Thomas j. Dryer as
early a is50, three wears before Wash
iugfou was set apart as separate ter
ritory. He published il until be re-
ceiyed the appointment OF United
States commissioner 20 the Hawaiian
in the year 1851, when III. l..
Pittock. the present manager, assumed
The OFsgOaiaa had no rivals
or competitors 10 quarrel with until
1854. when Alonxo Leland entered the
field with the Naadard. But OF this
and subsequent journals in Oregon IL
Is not our province here 10 treat
In Olympia. Oregon Territory. now
Washington. appeared on September
3. 1872, the first number of the 1olsim-
ban, a weekly journal published by J
w. WiIey aud fhos- f. McEiroy. On
the first page was the legend: a
weekly news paper, published al olym-
pia. Puges's Sound. Neutral in poll
ties. Devoted 20 the interests of Ore
eon in general and the territory north
OF the Columbis in particular. T" After
bearing the above title for twelve
months the nsme was changed 10
fioaeer assd Democrat. Subsequently
Edward Furste became proprietor,
and. as reward for his services a.
OF the organ Of the party in
power 1.-THE territory was then Demo
cFaticl, was elected public printer in
ls0O. Al that period the public prin-
ting Was very profitable, and furste
was said to have realized $1,000 from
IL. Soon after the completion OF the
work he went to Washington City 70
receive the balance due him, and, II u
settled permanently In his
former horne. for he never returned TO
the territory.
Mr.. A. NJ. Poe succeeded Furste in
the management of the paper. and on
the Establishment OF tue pony express
across the continent. changed ats
name 10 the Overland Press. Poe WAS
yids-aw@ke and enterprising. and sue
ceeded In making his paper popular
bnth on Puget sound and In Victoria;
obtaining in the latter place ial ger
pa ronsge than any Journal on this
side az TIE boundary bad ever before
that period acquired.
November II, isso, John Miller Mur-
phv appeared on the scene win the
Wns4ingtea .1aHdssSss. which has ont
lived all of It's contemporaries o'
tweurv-eight years ago. aud = there
fore the Oldest living newspaper IN
Washington territory. Prom the out
SCI II has been the organ of the Demo
cratic rarity. and has also essotised the
cauSs of woman suffrage and frohihi-
t;on So good management AMI lu-
aifinus investment Mr.. Murphy has
s,is,re.sied in acquiring conscience
through the agency Of his paper. and.
i'm view ssf the large number who hsve
sis,paily failed In the same pursuit. be
i Ia he Congratulated. About the flrSt
ri March last Mr.. Murphy cont
n,eucs.l The publication Of the hssss''5
fgs.apissH. which gives promise al be
coming 10 b permanent ana pEonssuie.
The next journal 10 which olympia
.,sva hsr.h was the Ftarssg 5stfasssS,
nshiished BY Randall Hewitt ~ iNsf.
4 var ar tNo later Hegitt sold ous To
charles Prasch. formerly 81 stella
,,,a4t,t. Who confinaeSi the psper A. De
r.,,e,yess II and soon atter. during a
session oi the legi~istart, issued the
IAs,gs p.~sSr Trsis,slsS This wa> TIE
i,rst daily published In The territory.
TtNas coat nued, with tritiing inter
,,s.~;ens. finally under the proprietor
shsn al TkontsS ". PFcss-h. until ls.S,
a ri, the material was removed from
oivrnpia to Tacoma. and puesic ton
rps,,nssAst there under the same name
A. the terminus also both cs,ls anu
asAklv uausrs we're issued unth tue
s,ilars II Jaw Cssose. ween thas fewa
c,slgSpss.si and necesSstatea removal e
= arla - more promise.
In f~sS NesSrS. :. II. aose ana
sfa~ShaR Blian. tse Republicans Sho
49, leaders ~;