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July, 1917

The Coos Bay Harbor is pounding its home town on the back to install a ﬂre-alarm system.

The Newberg Graphic is conducting a vigorous campaign against motorcycle and automobile speeder.

The La Grande Evening Observer gave its staff and printers a holiday and did not issue on Independence Day.

The Portland Spectator claims to have been the ﬁrst to use the title "Sammies" to designate the American troops.

The Portland Journal was all dressed up with the ﬂags of many nations in honor of the visit of the Belgian commissioners.

The Heppner Herald has announced it will send the paper free to each of the Morrow county boys who is enlisted in the army or navy.

Frank Hochfeld, librarian of The Oregonian, expects to be called into service in August, as he is a member of the Coast Artillery, Oregon National Guard.

Allen G. Thurman, formerly of the Portland Telegram circulation department. is The Dalles Chronicle's new manager of circulation, which he is rapidly building up.

Philip Jackson, son of C. S. Jackson, publisher of the Journal, is in Portland after having completed his post-graduate work at Harvard, and is in the Journal's business office.

C. S. Jackson, publisher of the Journal, is home after an extended visit in the east and south, part of which he passed in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Mr. Jackson is well again.

Miss Lucile F. Saunders, of Portland, a student in the school of journalism of the University of Oregon, is spending the summer pursuing the elusive item to its lair for the Coos Bay Daily Times, at Marshﬁeld.

Earl Murphy, formerly a student at the University of Oregon and now night editor of the Morning Enterprise, of Oregon City, plans to resume his work at the University next fall.

Miss Florence Elizabeth Nichols, society editor of the Salem Statesman, is spending her vacation at Portland and the beaches. Miss Loraine Ross is substituting for her during her absence.

The partnership of M. L. Boyd and J. E. Bloom, former publishers of the Polk County Itemizer, was disolved July 1. The Itemizer will continue publication with Mr. Boyd as editor and manager.

J. L. ("Count") Wallin, telegraph and music editor of the Port land Journal, managed to take three days off just prior to the music festival that he might be at his best in handling that big event.

B. C. Y. Brown, former editor of the Bohemia Nugget, was in Cottage Grove with his family the past week He now lives in California and travels by automobile. The Nugget was consolidated with The Sentinel.

C. J. Howard, former publisher of the Western Oregon, now the Cottage Grove Sentinel, visited relatives and friends in Cottage Grove a few days ago. Mr. Howard is now manager of a milling business at Glendale.

M. D. Foor, a printer, who, for four or ﬁve years was on The Oregonian prior to enlisting in the ser vice, is dead at one of the training camps, according to brief information received by some of his erst while co-workers.

Joseph Macqueen, music and lieraryliterary [sic] and exchange editor of The Oregonian, was one of the singers in the big chorus which dedicated the new $600,000 public auditorium July 5, 6 and 7. Mr. Macqueen, who years ago hailed from bonnie Scotland, is a member of the Apollo club. 18