St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-09-22
The Newspaper Change.

Newspapermen have learned of the
change in the ownership of the St. Johns
bury CALIFORNIAN with regret and with
pleasure. On the sentimental side the
sale of a paper which has passed from
father to son and has been possession in
one family upwards ofhalf a century seems
like the severance of ties which should
have been held taut. Arthur F. Stone,
the retiring editor and publisher, is now
postmaster in St. Johnsbury, and he
wishes to give his entire attention to his
government position, which he doubtless
finds more remunerative than getting
out weekly paper. The CALIFORNIAN
has been a clean, wholesome paper,
governed by high ideals throughout it's
entire history, and w. J. Bigelow, the
new proprietor, may be depended upon
to hold the rudder true in this respect.
AS ex-mayor of Burlington, night editor
of the Free Press many years, and a
student of the vexatious subject of taxa
ton, Mr.. Bigelow is widely known
throughout the state. His new position
will give him an opportunity for initi-
ative and free expression of personal
opinion and under hs>direction we shall
expect to see the CALIFORNIAN brighten
and expand Everybody who knows
him will be glad to see Bigelow have a
free rein with a paper of his own Brat
tleboro Phoenix.
AS we have already noted in these
columns, Walter J. Bigelow has pur-
chased the St. .Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN,
and this issue marks the close of his long
service with the Free Press as night
editor During the seventeen years of
his connection with the Free Press, Mr..
Bigelow has demonstrated the possession
OF high qualities as newspaper man,
and he will be missed among his asso-
ciates on this paper as we'll as in the
community with the affairs of which he
has been so thoroughly associated. He
goes to the splendid new field that opens
before him well qualified in every way to
perform the duties that will come to him.
St. Johnsbury will find him a faithful
and efficient journalist as we'll as loval
and useful citizen, and he will unuuestion-
ably win that success which is wished
for him by host of friends in Burlington
and elsewhere
John B. Taylor, who is well qualified
by long experience as telegraph editor
of the st. Adams Messenger and state
editor Of the Free Press, becomes night
editor OF the Free Press and Lucius E.
Humphrey, who has had an excellent
training at the night desk, succeeds to
the position OF state editor Burlington
| Free Press.
Vermont newspaper men will regret
the retirement of Arthur F. Stone from
active work in the profession. He has
been one of the leading editors in Yer
mont and he has made the CALIFORNIAN
one OF the best papers in the state. Pro-
badly no better choice of successor
could have been made than Ex-Mavor
W, J. Bigelow, of Burlington He has
had long period of training in news
paper work, enjoys wide acquaintance.
and is a man of high character and
ability lie may be expected to stand
always tor good government, clean
politics, and progressive ideas. He made
a good Mayor OF Burlington and he will
make good editor and proprietor of
the CALIFORNIAN. The Journal congratu-
lates St. Johnsbury is securing such a
desirable citizen, extends to Mr.. Bigelow
the heartiest kind of a welcome, and
wishes for him abundant success in his
new heId.-l Montpelier Journal.
Ii change were to be made in the
ownership of the excellent St. Iohnsburv
CALIFORNIAN, published for the last %