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Rh croft, was also working for Hubert.

. History of Central Oregon, Illustrated, 1058.

. In Oregon Publisher, February, 1936.

. Perhaps due in part to membership in and knowledge of stock companies which had conducted newspapers, including this one, in The Dalles.

. Lee Schwab, in his Pioneer edition of the Dispatch, April 27, 1933, makes no mention of the Democrat and refers to the Dispatch as the "first paper published in Dufur."

. "Some of the old-timers," says Mr. Schwab in the Pioneer edition, "are certain that the publication was discontinued, while others feel that records were destroyed by fire."

. ''loc. cit.''

. History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company, 1905.

67. 60th anniversary number, August, 1925.

68. Oregon Exchanges for October, 1923.

69. In an article in the 60th anniversary number of the Democrat, November, 1925.

70. Fred P. Nutting in 60th anniversary number of the Albany Democrat-Herald, November, 1925.

71. C. Genevieve Morgan, paper written for U. of O. journalism class, 1927.

72. A brief note in the Gazette, March 21, 1866, recalls a most amazing mishap which befell Mr. Adams while collector. Checking up his accounts with his superior officers at San Francisco, Mr. Adams took with him in his trunk more than $20,000 in cash belonging to the treasury department, the proceeds of collections. On his arrival by steamer in San Francisco the money was gone. Adamsreport of its mysterious disappearance was received with varying degrees of skepticism by press and public. His reputation had been good, but he had been one of the foremost exponents of the "Oregon style" of political writing in those early days, a system of biting personal attack. Therefore there were some editors who were not averse to having "some thing on" Adams. The Astoria editor-collector remained under this cloud for several weeks, as doubts of his story grew stronger. Finally vindication came from San Francisco, where the papers printed a long story clearing up the incident. The story was played up prominently in Oregon papers. Two men had been arrested and had confessed taking the money out of Adams' trunk. Watching their chance, they had entered his stateroom during his absence, pried off the bottom of the trunk, taken out the money, and re placed the bottom. Part of the money was recovered. The Portland Herald published the story of Adams' innocence April 24, 1866, after having contended editorially against his guilt but having printed communications baldly accusing him of having "robbed" himself.

73. From Craig's letters in Oregon Historical Society file.

74. Fred Lockley, interview with C. L. Ireland, Oregon Journal, October 4, 1928. Also Oregonian, January 12, 1913.

75. One of the stories told on Greeley deals with a compositor who, fired for poor work, asked Mr. Greeley to put his complaint and dismissal into writing, and, armed with this statement that he was entirely worthless in the