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July, 1917 where it won’t be lost. Incidentally, it is growing easier to convince advertisers that even the ads are more attractive when neatly made up in this way.

S. A. Stone, managing editor of the Salem Statesman, has been spending his vacation at Pendleton and other eastern Oregon points, and expects to be back at his desk about August 1. During his absence, Don H. Upjohn, Oregonian representative at the Capitol, is “filling in” on the Statesman.

The Polk County Observer, published at Dallas, is cooperating with the farmers in its territory in the effort to obtain the labor necssary to save their crops. The Observer has sent out blanks among the farmers in its district, to be filled in by all farmers needing help. These will form the basis for a list to be published in the Oh server which will serve as a guide to those needing employment—thus bringing the manless job and the jobless man together.

An interesting recent visitor in Portland was George A. Cool, of Hilo, Hawaii. When Mr. Cool left the Telegram twelve years ago he was a worker in the composing room. He returned as proprietor of his own newspaper, The Tribune, published in Hilo, a city of 15,000. His purpose in visiting the mainland was to buy new presses and to obtain the Associated Press franchise for a daily edition, which he purposed to start July 1.

Officials at the State Capitol have been receiving photographs of George A. Prichard for many years connected with The Oregonian and Willamette Valley papers, but now in the officers’ training camp at the Presidio. While his picture indicates that camp life has cut down his weight he also looks as hard as nails. In one of the letters sent to the Capitol he says he expects to know by August 11 whether he will obtain his coveted commission.

Thomas A. Burke, graduate of the University and deputy attorney of Clackamas county. employed during the time he attended the University as linotype operator of the Eugene Guard, having learned the keyboard at Baker, recently covered himself with glory while acting as secretary of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly at Gladstone Park, Oregon City. He ﬁnished the 13 days session with a net proﬁt of $2,000, in addition to receiving $2,000 from the sale of stock in the association.

C. E. Ingalls, president of the Willamette Valley Editorial Association, and Elbert Bede, secretary, are in correspondence with the Newport Commercial Club in reference to holding the next Valley Association meeting at that place. No more delightful spot, with ﬁner side trips, can be found, they agree, and in order that as many of the craft as possible may enjoy it to the limit, it is planned to have the meeting on Saturday with a stay over Sunday. Details will be given out as soon as possible.

Full of pep and optimism, the Malheur Enterprise, published at Vale by George Huntington Currey, has blossomed out as an eight-page, seven column weekly. Enlargement of the paper has made possible the addition of several features. Prominent among these is the publication of two pages of news of Vale’s surrounding country and neighboring towns; a news picture service; weekly cartoon, and woman’s department. All this in addition to covering the news of its territory in its usual thorough manner.

Rex Stewart, formerly office boy at the Journal, later student at Reed College, then “cub” on the Journal, has joined the navy and is in training at Mare Island. News from Rex is that he likes it, and urges his young friends to follow suit and get in the game for the U. S. A. Rex, during his office-boy days took a correspondence course in journalism from the University of Washington, and for the Washington Newspaper, journalism department publication, wrote a story of his office activities.

James E. Montgomery, who formerly did the editorial work on the Hood River Glacier, and Miss