Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-11
onlv a Conntrv Printer.


It is a great pleasure to chronicle
that a country printer and a family Of
printers, who have developed their
abilities on the country press. and in
country job printing Office, have got
into town with some fair prospect
Of making success Of the business.
Hon. D. NJ. G. Gault has recently re-
moved from Salem to Cottage Grove.
where he has begun The publication Of
the new paper called the Western
Oregon. and dropped into nice job
printing business. The Gaults, father
and sons, are good printers. and news
paper printers. and the Senior Gault
is a good writer Tie has n pleasant
way Of expressing himself. abundance
Of good will toward others. tircless
industry coupled with habits Of obser.
walton and a wide knowledge Of his
tory and human nature. lie loves
work and now has plenty Of Il. and
here's hoping tho stream Of golden
shekols and silver ducats may pour
In increasing volume. We have con.
sidorod Il worth while 20 trace tho his.
tory Of the Gaults and End that the
editor Of Western Oregon was born
Hawkcye. He came TO Oregon with
bis father In 1852 ten ycar.old lad.
from Boone county. Iowa, and the
family settled on donation land
claim near Portland IN 1858. The boy
80, .ho very oommonest Kind Of n com
mon schooling, such as those days az
fordcd, and then went 20 Tualatin
Academy, Forest Grove. Ifo also had
a year or two IN Willamette Univer.
city. picking up some Latin. Greek and /
mathematics. but like The lawyer who
was admitted 20 heaven. not enough
o. hurt In 1892. ne younR-ter m
20. Gault wandered into Jacksonville
and took a job on the star of tho sen.
tinel. a paper that IN its palmicst days
eHeried an Influence equal 20 the orc.
gonian under Dryer or The Statesman
under Bush. IN 1893. like nearly an
newspaper men who have brains 90
spare. he got himself admitted 20 the
bar at Salem, reported tho legislative
proceedings for tho Statesman, and
served several years as reporter on
that paper In 1870. with Curt Whit.
son aud =. G. Sullivan. they bought
the Democratic Signal al Dallas aud
II into tho Republican. AZ
Ter election his associates demanded
political appointments and got (what d
Tho oounlry editor generally gets Il
IN The neck Gault run short on hnan. Z
'es, and had his political feet frozen >
BY an ungmtoful administration and d
.he Republican and he parted com. :
pany. Ia 1877 he had still enough 2
left 20 get a job again on 9
he Statesman as city editor under :
ienefal olell proprietor and editor
n-ehief, and that paper touched ono
Il tho high places in its career polit. o
cally and liiepFlly speaking. Like y
most bright and attractive newspaper a
men he found no difficulty, or rather
all obstacles 20 matrimony g
md took unto himself a wife, removing o
o Washington county where no estab,
lshod a home aud residence. He had
low run the whole gamut OF the coun. !.
~ editors experiences and was
eady FOR the next step In the evolu- =
ionary process. He was sent 10 the
legislature several times, finally Dc, i
eloping sincere distrust OF the :
risdom OF about three-fourths OF the :,
ills introduced and fourffths OF the "
He served several 7
lines from Multnomah and several ~
ines from Washington county, ana :
ke most newspaper men, put more in.
itelligenee into the job than anyone I"
loughi be could be guilty Of. lie had y
ow been In the newspaper business
'ng enough and welded a meaniugful
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