Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-01
A NEWSPAPER MAKING
FROM GATHERING ALL THE NEWS
At ITs SOURCES
70 DELIVERING THE PAPERS.
Personal SKETCHES OF THE FORCE
THAT DO THE WORK.

pie are concerned i'm its production
You shall hear the story from th'
first stroke Of the typewriter, the hrs'
shove of the pencil, the first clip OF
the Exchange shears, to the first cry
OF the newsboys on the street with q
calllope yell of "E-v-E-N-I-N-G JOUR
NAIL"
The story of building up small
newspaper into well-establlshed
business employing twenty persons Is
of the past-what we would tell is the
story of how this copy in your hands
was made, the sources Of news,
sketches of some of the men who sup
ply the news, the people who set the
types, the press room force, the re-
pOrters,-all who in anyway help to
make a daily paper-this may not
prove uninteresting.
Asan Associated Press newspaper
TIE journal places its main reli-
ance for news upon the Western
Union Telegraph Co. The telegraphic
news at Salem is handled in person by
w. +. Wade, manager of the Western
Union office, and Arch. Bradford,
operator. The messengers who deliver
the press report, which on some days
amounts to ten thousand werds, are
II. G.. Goodell and Dow Palmer n.
L. galloway is division lineman. The
manager OF the Associated Press al
Portland is Il. L. Powell, and p. l..
Dunning, general agent, San Fran
cisco. Both are very competent anC
courteous gentlemen.
The telephone plays an important
part In gathering daily news report.
THE JOURNAL Office Is No. 93 on the
Exchange OF the Oregon Telephone
and Telegraph Co., which has over Ia
at Salem, and connects
lam the towns of Western Oregon.
News by wire over the phone Is
valuable acquisition TO any newspaper,
land as the Salem exchange connects
IAN the public buildings and stat'
institutions, it enables The JOURNAL
Ito get exact information at mo
|ment's notice. The telephone ex
change is managed by Miss Alic,
Steiner, assisted by A.. ii. Steiner
and Miss Lenore Kirkwood
Leon Holland, messenger. A greai
deal is said over the wires that nevei
gets into the columns Of the press, bu
aatII IUh Inn nf
phones.
Having glanced at the way the
news comes by wire, it is next in ordei
to consider the principal local sources
OF news. or course, THE JOURNAL
has a valuable corps of helpers in IT,
correspondents at scores Of towns II
Oregon, and many talented men ant
women in this city and all over West
ern Oregon who contribute to its col
umns.
THE TOPOGRAPHIC FORCE
OF The JOURNAL is found on the sec :
ond noor of the postofiice block. Al
the head of the force is Mr.. G
Hughes, foreman, assisted by G. G..
Gray, who is also talented player il
the III. A. c. band. Mr.. Hughes is 3
long-time member of the craft, has
been commander on many journal
istic craft. He is equal to any emer
gency so far, from getting out spec.
ial edition on five minutes notice, OF
reconstructing a pied form.
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL.
THE JOURNAL does not boast type
setting machines, or a costly plant.
10 Is glad to be a small local news
paper, devoted to Western Oregon and
the best interests Of the Capital City.
It has no marble palace, perfectine
press, or mortgages. In the past three
years of hard times il has kept cleal
ofldebt and the employees have evel
received their pay on Saturday night,
whether the managers had any money
TO spend or not. The stockholders
have not been assessed one penny.
The employees have been very indul'
gent through all this long siege of de-
prcsei0n that has been enough TO
make the stoutest heart tremble at
tlmee, They have accepted low wages
lower than should be paid-but they
have worked hard and without muir
muFing. The proprietOrs have felt
like using the words Of Riley, the
poet;
"Whsn your best's done and your best's bad
Doa'l iset an worry and get sad,
But simply allow it's the best you had"
THE COMPOSITIONS
on the JOURNAL are O. ID. Rennie, j
B Darnes, Corlie A. Starr, Elsie l.
0oodhne, Josie Snyder, Ethel Osborne
Hattie Rafter, Minnie Talent. Th'
force in the press room consists o.
Frank Hofer, foreman, Clyde Mason
feeder. The editorial and repOrtoria
force consists Of L. HOfer, A. +