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December, 1917

“Blow your own horn a little bit” is an excellent adage. And it is a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways.

Hence the circulation department of the Astoria Evening Budget has taken up the cudgel to assist the newsies and give them an incentive to stick on the job.

These little merchants are business men in the making. Some of the best men, captains of industry, were newsies once and point with pride to their first business venture.

That’s why the circulation department of the Evening Budget has undertaken to establish a competitive system among the little merchants to increase their sales and reward them for it.

There are eight or more youngsters between the ages of 10 and 13 years selling papers on the street, who are just as liable to develop into railroad magnates, congressmen, mayors or judges as some of the men who now occupy such positions.

To carry out this ginger system among the kiddies the circulation manager has offered an honest-to-goodness bike as a living prize to the boy who makes the best record during a continuous performance of six months commencing with November 1. The bicycle is a peach.

When it comes to supporting your Uncle Sam, the staffs of the local newspapers bat 100 per cent. Eight have enlisted in the army or navy to fight the Germans. Those who remained or took the places of those called to the colors have all bought liberty bonds, as well as aided the Red Cross and other patriotic enterprises. If every concern does as well, there is no question of the success of the bond issue. The newspapers’ honor list of those called to the colors is as folows: Leigh Swinson, E. C. Ferguson, C. E. Sainson, J. C. Murray, Arthur Perry, Jack Schrick, Kenneth Murray, A. E. Powell.—Med£ord Mail-Tribune.

Of the information furnished by the Western Press association of Portland, a file of which is sent to each newspaper in the state, is a comprehensive review of the business life of L. J. Simpson, founder of North Bend. Mr. Simpson at the last editorial meeting held at Pendleton extended to the editors of Oregon an urgent invitation to hold their next meeting at “Shore acres,” the Simpson home on the brink of the Paciﬁc. This vast estate is the scenic place of Coos Bay, and the hospitality of Mr. Simpson has been heralded far and wide. It is needless to say that all editors who attend the next convention will be more than pleased with their visit to this $100,000 home where they will become the personal guests of one of Oregon’s foremost citizens. Editors receiving this file should place it where they can ﬁnd it as they will certainly want it after returning home from the convention. It will be of great service in reporting the meeting place.

First Lieutenant James E. Montgomery, aviation section, signal corps, U. S. R., commissioned at the second officers’ training camp at the Presidio, is now stationed at Vancouver barracks. Lieutenant Montgomery, formerly editor of the Hood River Glacier, at time of leaving for the training camp was commercial superintendent of the Coos & Curry Telephone company and vice president of the Southwestern Bank of Oregon at Marshfield.

Kathleen Coates, formerly editor of the society page for the Roseburg Review, is now the correspondent for the Oregonian at Reed college. The story is told that when only sixteen she was watching an aeroplane flight and wrote up the accident that occurred, thus getting her start with the Roseburg Review.