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Rh to California, where for several years they published the Register, a daily paper, at Santa Ana. M. C. Maloney died in San Francisco as a result of an accident, May 15, 1931.

Like other editors, Maloney had his libel suits resulting from extreme statements of matters for which more subtle, less dynamic and combative persons might have found a smoother expression. But Maloney always thought he was right. He sought to be a crusader for "ideals, principles, and policies," as he expressed it in his farewell message to the people of Coos Bay. "A square deal for everyone" was his T. Rooseveltian announcement at the opening of his editorship. All people were to be treated alike. The truth was to be printed "without fear or favor."

So in his valedictory he said:

"The question always applied to every problem of editorial policy on the Coos Bay Times was not 'Does it pay?' but 'Is it right or is it wrong?' And to arrive at this decision the editor had to make his own investigation and be guided by his own judgment."

The Maloneys had developed the paper from its small beginnings up to a modern newspaper of six to 16 pages daily with an annual edition of 70 to 80 pages.

A committee of merchants consisting of George C. Huggins, George A. Martin, and J. O. Fisher took up the matter of solving the difficult situation reflected in the over-keen competition. At a meeting of 60 to 70 Marshfield business men it was decided to bring in E. J. Murray, veteran publisher of Klamath Falls, to work out the solution. With their backing and the cordial endorsement of the Coos Bay Times publishers, he took over the paper. The war was over. The Southwestern Oregon Daily News went back to the weekly field; and soon Mr. Murray, his task accomplished, was ready to retire from Coos Bay.

One of the distinctive features of the Times, carried daily, year in and year out, under the Maloneys, was the "sky-line" quotation in 30-point Gothic capitals, boxed across the eight columns, above the title on page 1. Maloney's last, in the issue of December 31, 1927, read: "The best book, next to the Bible, is not listed among the best sellers. It is the pocketbook. The cook book is also good." Mr. Maloney was always conscious of religion. He had the business man's legitimate interest in profits. And good cooking was not lost on him.

Newspaper men will long remember Albert E. (Jack) Guyton, city editor of the Times, when the paper was owned by M. C. Maloney and D. E. Maloney, as a newshound who lived for his work. Born in Chicago October 20, 1873, he had had years of experience as reporter and editor on Illinois and Missouri papers before coming to Oregon. He was a big-story man, and occasional shipwrecks on the Coos Bay bar gave him his place in the sun. At the time of his death,