The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-09-28
,yEER PAPER.
H. r,Rsr NEWSPAPER Is
I N CALIFORNIA.
.,., WAS the handspring
| Rigging Up o flan'
i pIf,lculties-A Member OF
/, s,.fr ronored In Montere5'

lailI0rLld n
khe city Of Monterey' +, IN e 'lie
4 Ills name is Swan, and
"a him Pioneer Swan
sa.o him and partly because
M title. Few mon are III.
s. but pioneer is still
,e.r in his memory end not
hont ambition. If you ask
tell you, with evident rel
lns highly interesting inter
reportorial days: -. GO.
4 california arc quite curl
|ed BY Swan. The original
h,portea from Spain by Jose
Fle sixth governor of Califor-
,Taxican rule. Figueroa'
If office expired III 1888,
i nress with the intention OF
| official reports. His guber-
feer, however, was brief and
he never found time to col
kterials, much less print his
tho machine was consigned
lnn in tho old cuartel, which
eyican soldiers barracks III
There it lay, together with
i covered with rubbish and
4, until 1916.
the year when Cotton be-
de. and with the character
ican restlessness commenced
gs up ii the sleepy old town.
Iing that he did was to com
Investigation Of all the gov
koperty, Among this proper
cnartel, and here he found
~. Being q man OF literary
somo experience, he decided
hQwspaper and utilize his dis
fint, he selected d partner,
hple, and then began a search
baisite materials. There We're
kess, bnt the ingenuity Of the
faxed to restore the rules and
ch had become separated from
land lost during its years OF
tn's diary there is q descrip-
be paper. Under the date of
lS4s, he writes: To-day the
paper ever published in Cali
Die its appearance. The hon
b it may be, Of writing the
] falls to me. It is to be ISSUED
(urday and is published by
Cotton.
did | think when l relin
(ae editorship Of The Nortii
in Philadelphia, that my
in this line would be off here
mia
lrtner, seinp!e, is an e,nigrant
ntlcky, who stands 6 feet s
Ills stockings. He wears a
dress, 4 foxssin cap. is true
rlfle, ready with his pen and
he type case.
eated the materials Of our office
haos Of a small concern which
'eroa Intended to use in print.
i reports.
Fess Is old enough to be pre-.
q curiosity. The mice had
II the balls, there were M
leads, and the types were
al in pi. 1t was only BY
mat the letters could he mad,
lelr faces. With q jackknift
piece Of tin into leads ant
eklly we found with the pres.
Eeg OF ink, and now came tn,
en Tor paper. None could bt
'ept what is used to enveloI
GO used by the natives. A
llch was lying in the bay hat
iecnt OIL hoard, which we pro
ae sheets were a trifie large,
cap. A crowd was waitin.
nlst sheet was thrown from
lhere was a good deal Of ex
never was a bank run upol
" however, by people Will
'1spocie, but just the reverse.
oer was first printed half il
y llaif III Spanish to accom-
= Monterey public. Anothe
lle original proprintors had t,
70 setting tho type for til
ofaon Ct the paper was tn
: letter w. as the Span,sl
aot contain it. A .W' wa
Y by using two .V's." Il
! The paper was moved to Sal
Nnere 1t was published fo
= uiutr the name Of The Alt
',aslrg !, 9 his newspaper caree
swan has been a rancher i,
y III Carmel valley. He ha
WIS although his location i
iemote, and he is very deaf
!, .sa,fterly visits to Monterey h
u'y The recipient of considers
aa 'lon' and his rusty old ha,
srlng inscription Of "Pioneel
sAes hlm known to easterne1
! W this, would see nothing i
!. 80. : healthy looking old MAJ