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

qn~nsiy Sold and reScad ~ =. 49, IS
cSss1se proprietor h<cou<5r- .-s:ss3|
tfsep9y embarrassed than 40 B. s.
esSscr. Finally NeSsr- 49, ii
Red. editors ansi pahsiShers ~ y. - 4
sssef< SaesTssaa. spirited ara uuss-.s-z3 &
TAI EAsEer, were persuaded - - 7 rs
date the .fessssai vita the - -. r.
I be consolidation was a1srnde.3- - 81
only a temporary saccess. ar.S 49, 4!
TSlAfeSv rssaife<i in q siixsulnfSr- y r.. I
partnership 81 Mexsrs. RarAr~e S 81
bert = Reed the srss named ;ss..Ss
fAs TIVE last wen the unsxs- ,-s,S
esssssfeei. Besserer vas spnrnIs.i = ~. 1
s*se the elephant Gil their hapds s.,'5I a
sssssls. essst 81 b. ssnexs. pnfrhnr1S ~ j
yssss. s.ess lsAsers in issx m -
ctetzssl. - tsfsFe, ~ ssscss plnrun~ RI s
on lsAsing basis. aud soE cjnisSS - 7
pssssess The most valuable nev.nSnS
property IN Wallis walla. -
wHArc0x carNry.
In March. lS5s. whasoon. On ~ !;
bingham bar, was quiet haml.< -
tanning not asore than leo whifs Is.
hahstsnfs. la July. four msn61S 4
later, Il Was q busting. excited.
city al ia.9s3 people. drawn fruun -
and near IA share In the eosden -
vest that awaited them en- -
river. This swarm Of human 8
embraced people OF AL trades ana - q
fvssloas, including Journalists ~ &
course. 81 the nasnher we're IS. Eo1ss
inan 4 CO., from California. - e
starred n whAscom a weekly rn1i11
issx2 inches, called the lNassArr~ - 4
The Publishers charged the mssf1S7 8
sum Ut - per anuam for the noro1l
which lived nnsil the middle Of -
tesasher. or a little more than t1tn
nsonths. The exodus from whatcn1
nov TN Septeaaecrl was much mes
rapid than Vas the influx in any ri
TIE preceding months. aud the ueup.
psp~r men were among the DIRT -
abandon NE sinking ship. Mr.. RAsGr
man. one OF TIE publishers Il -
Nssfaerss LssAf, while on his way .
Victoria. iew days after the death e
has paper, Ia reply 20 queries ~ to u
state OF his business. SAID aWhn6-
eom has gone in and the LscM hnn
gone oat. Thss Was the vaiessir1nrv
OF the departing journalists. Its ~
10 sag taat no part OF the world ~
forsis so striking an example Of mus.
room growth and decline - this m
happy town. Ii was again reduced Is
hamlet of 100 Inhabitants. IT,
town collapsed 80 eftectuaiIy that No
body was foolhardy enough to atsemne
either 20 resuscitafe the defunet jour~
nsl or 10 start another in its stead.
After the lapse Of nearly thirty
years, NhateosEs. which possesses nod
natural advantages for townsito, q.
hibsEed signs Of awaklng from itA lone
sleep. Mechanics. traders and otknf1 s
grsdualiy found their way to ~
place, until the population nmbefQA
several hundred. Then, sieemine u 4
good Geld Tor a journal. w. II. Jen-
kIas, al energetic Young uaan W.
had had considerable newspaper ~.
peFlsnce in the East. started : weok1v
Republican psper called the Whatcoi
hssefEts. Never WAS q more npneo.
pirate title chosen Cor journal: -
tine bad indeed arrived Tor the 3oun
"a arouse from is slamher. II NJ
grown steadily since. and gives prom
ise OF once again containing l00lo
people. The ksveslle paid from -
start, and continued 10 do 80 uutu NJ.
jenkins sold cat, year or two aeu.
Democratic journal Was started q
the same town about year ago. Ito
name and fate are bota nnknown q
tise writer.
WHITMAN coVxrr.
On the a3sh of September, 1877, ~
Palouse trasefte, then q six-coiumn
patent inside sheet, and the ptoneor
newspaper OF Whitman county. noe
supporting score or more OF puDlica-
tons. was issued hy Kellogg d Hoo
kins. A sketch Of the .rosth of -
G0seffs. copied from is columns a
Aug. 5, lsss, Is here given ~ follo9o:
The paper nas issued in its orfgino1
SIZE until May ISIS. when Il Vas e.
larsed 10 seven columns. .nd in Juno.
1879, the patent side was discarded.
since which time IL has been An II
home production. L.. T.. kelioer. tt
senior partner. retired from the 0rm
At this time. In the winter Of iaG01f
the growing business demanded In
creased facilities, and 4 steam me-
was accordingly added to the plant.
the paper also being enlarged 70 eiehf
columns. La May, isSs. the tuslnam
was further enlarged by the addfti0n
of bookbindery. This adjunct had 8
/ brilliant though brief career. the plant
being destroyed in the great firp thFoa
months later. In February. l68s, tho
| firm OF Hopkins & Chase took cnarxo.
aud four months later the paper
/ passed into tile hands of the present
management. The third eniargcment
became essary in Iss7, whou
another column Was added. makinG
rire fo the page, ard the lsreeet -four.
page paper IN the territory"
La October last tire first number e
the Pullman Herald. q weekly papne.
Appeared in the town OF Pullman.
I Thomas Neil was publisher. and 1. /.
Sargent editor Is compares fnvuf.
ably with other interior Journals. and
viii no doubt prove valuable anQuisf~
ton To the town and county.
The DEksfaie flr>e.r commenced q
blow in September last. and coutinued
10 do 80 unfit the following March.
when the Sun began 20 shine In IL
stead. w. q. Gtsgfrap, who controls
the move ents of the latter inminayy.
explains the change thus:
"aone~-I Ae tistsdass Rseese-~Iino
sll things mortal this Publication ~
lived IL epbemerai day and passed -
the beyond. IL will blow -
more; those who we're accustomed -
await as xephyr-sike nsfterings ~
now wait in vain. Bat from ~
ashes of its windy ancestor NJ
-Vf tffE t&if -@ff-ts " at II ff<ts AU0yy
literary horizon with modest but -
nignsnt light. which proposes 10 shtoo
Sith an equal ray upon all.
YAKIMA COUNTY.
The Iatinsa fsyassiie was estshaisbe4
September q. is79. by Richard
Chada a. the fafima Eeoesd. go
with lis issue Of the present ueo1
COMPLETED its tenth voiame. Il 60
the first paper published in fahlU0
county. In vas conducted By ~
Chadd until May. isss. when II
came the property of Mr.. Cbss1pg j
Hoiton. and Is stsii creditshly 49,
& hy that gentleman. and owned ~ a.
". Holtan 4 son. Ii IL an ejehtc
ANN folio. and has algsys heeo ~
ciaIsy devoted Ia the Interests d 01Ea
yakima valley ard the territory -
orally. IL i Republican joufnn1 e. 4
/ tie sfaivayt kind. x4s
The only other paper nov puh1t1o0
/ IN Yakima counts l. the faksm1 -
aid. established IN isFs nv Nes4fg- -
Il 20. IL is q sevsFs column fptlo -
Democratic ia sentiment IL & -
wives a year. IL wili be- an excepf1oo
I the rule among journals Ut th2t -
suSastan- ~
/ La addition 10 the foregoing U1GzG
be mentioned score or moro g g.
~eure Journals in as oi1scure nf14 -
fFs0fs localities hefwren the &oO6D