Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-11-22
jamestown PIONEER.
Passed Away in st. Paul. Death of
Marshall Mcclure at
Hospital.

Saturday morning last at St. Paul
Marshall Mcclure, pioneer newspa-
perman O. North Dakota, died at the
st. Joseph's hospital. Although r.,
h d been i'll for some time he had
been able to get around the city unit II
a few da>s ago. His nody was taken
to Minot Saturday evening where his
son, Marshall ,Jr., resioes, and where
the funeral will be held. Deceased
had been ailing for some time and
his death was not unlocked for. He
was 81 >ea's old.
Mr.. Mcclure was pioneer newspa.
per man of prominence. and very
wide acquaintance throughout tile
northwest. He was born in the Ozark
Mountains in Missouri and at very
early age vent into printing Off ce
He came to North Dakota from Man
to, !, Mich.. in 1878, and was employed
first i'm Fargo as reporter on the
Fargo Times. In 1879 he purchased
the jamestown Alert, from the Fos-
ter Brothers and since that time he
has been engaged in different news
paner enterprises in the state. He
sold the Alert IN 1886 and left James,
town going to Devils Lii. Ike and Min
OF. lie spe.lt some time at MinOt
and then went to Cripple Creek. Colo
RADIO, where he engaged in mining
and wher" he still has some undevel-
oped claims. He started a newspa per
n Colorado, but abandoned it., and
left for Oregon where he remained
for som time when he returned to
Minot and unable TO keep out of the
active life of d newspaper man, START
ed the Minot Optic, which he sold
after getting it on its feet and leav-
ing it the leading paper in the coun-
ty.
Mr. Mcclure was an active hustler
special, adap pied for pioneer newspa-
per work, and one of tho mos: sac-
cessfu' 'boomcrs'' in tie old Gy:ar.
ing OF the word who ever came to
Dakota. He was a vigorous, ready
writer, and his popul'r and original
ideas were well known. He was true
to his friends, more so than to him
self, in fac, and always worked un-
der difficulties. Personally honest and
enerjetic he made scores OF bus ness
friends and made money wherever he
went to work.
The early records Of Jamestown as
compiled in the columns OF the Alert
show the excellent newspaper work
of Mr.. Mcclure. He bought the pa
ore in Oct. 1879, and his salu,atory
was ctaractistic. He said he was
going to run local weekly paper for
jamestown and vicinity, and in.
cidentally would treat Of political
matters. He promised little but
INVADED in" and made success of
the venture. from the start, soon af-
ter beginning the publication of
d lilly to ''boom the country" He
was a factor in building up the state,
and has done much to attract atten-
tion to tile resources of the James,
River Valley. He leaves a wife who
was with him in St. Paul at the time
Of his dealh.
Bismarck Tribune: The death of
Marshall Mcclure who passed away
90 the l6 h inst., removes another
prominent character from this state
and one VINO has occupied some
unique positions in the history OF
North DAKOTA. Eccentric in way
he was, nevertheless a good newspa-
per man. Meteoric in nature. how
ever, he failed to esta blished himself,
Or had no desire to become a perma-
nent fixture anywhere. He was of a
rowing disposition and his early life
was spent in railroading. His boy.
,Ood home was in Cedar Springs,
Mich, but the public schools had
little attraction for him. AS a boy
ne was "tull OF business'' and the
money he earned as "peanut BUTCH
,r" and "newsy' on the G. R. & I.
BY, made HIM the envy of all his
,arly associates. He became an ex-
oert telegrapher and at an early age
developed ''nose for news" and
,eca me a contributor Of news for the
v hichigan back woods press. In terri
,0rial DAYS back in 1878 Mr. Mcclure,
lfter having varied experience III
ailroading all over tt 9 country, land.
d in Fargo broke, and, as he used
% say, ''glad of it." Here his news.