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Vol. 5

REGON EXCHANGES herewith presents to its readers, for the first time, a directory of Oregon daily and weekly newspapers. A supplementary list of monthly and quarterly publications will appear in an early issue. The accuracy and completeness of this directory is to a considerable degree a register of the extent to which the editors and publishers of the state have responded to the requests for data, and the editor of believes the result approaches completeness. The large number of changes in newspaper personnel since the last Oregon Blue Book was issued, two years ago. proved surprising. Forty changes of ownership out of 187 daily and weekly publications are listed. The addition of the publications of less frequent issuance will bring the total between 200 and 225 for the state.

Some of the papers have changed control two or more times in the two years since the Blue Book came out. Three regular news weeklies have suspended publication, while a similar number of dailies then existent have ceased to be. Five new weekly newspapers are listed—the Siuslaw Region, at Florence; the Monroe News, the Sutherlin Sun, the Vernonia Eagle, and the Brookings Interstate Sun.

The number of daily papers in the state outside of Portland is given at 23, and including Portland 28. Six of these are morning papers. Portland has three evening and two morning papers.

Eight cities of the state outside of Portland have two daily newspapers, and eight have two weeklies, each. Papers are published in 132 communities of the state.

The number of one-man shops in the state is decreasing, with fewer than a dozen proprietors now doing their own mechanical work in addition to the editing and business managing. Nearly fifty owners, however, or one-fourth of the entire number, are combining the position of foreman of the composing room with their newsgathering and advertising duties.

The hard-boiled old-timers who could see no future for women in journalism might be interested to cast their eyes over the list of editors, owners, business managers, reporters, and other employees of newspapers in this state. No fewer than seven weekly newspapers have women for their editors. Two of these are full owners. One, the Long Creek Ranger, conducted by Grace Porter, is a one-woman paper, for Miss Porter does all the work herself, editorial, business, and mechanical. Another one of these papers, the Maupin Times, conducted by Mrs. Jessiline E. Morrison, is an all-woman paper, with no man employed in any capacity about the place.