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 Indianapolis News: Mr. Scott made his city known by reason of the force, intelligence and political sense which he put into his paper.

Minneapolis Tribune: To the Oregon country Mr. Scott consecrated his life. All the states and cities he saw grow up in it owe a debt to his labors and his ideals. He built up a giant newspaper to be its servant in all honest service.

Providence Journal: Harvey W. Scott was one of America's great editors and one of its leading citizens. By sheer force of his personality and his powerful pen he made himself the leading figure of the Pacific Coast.

Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat-Chronicle: His force of character, independence of opinion and courage as the director of a great journal made him a power in the public affairs of the country.

Boston Transcript: The death of Harvey W. Scott removes one of the vigorous personalities of Pacific Coast journalism.

Hartford Courant: Harvey W. Scott was one of the strong men of the Pacific Slope. His paper was built up by him to be a mighty power and the reason for its influence was the belief the readers had in the sincerity and wisdom of its managing spirit.

Detroit News: To the newspaper readers of Oregon, Washington and northern California, Mr. Scott was what Greeley and Dana were to Easterners a generation ago.

Omaha Bee: He was a virile, vigorous, dominant personality. In the national councils of newspaperdom he stood high and he leaves a clean, enduring monument in his personal example as well as public service.

St. Paul Pioneer Press: He left his personal impress upon every feature of his paper long after the complex system of modern newspaper work had made it impossible for any one man to supervise personally all the details of the daily work.

Springfield (Mass.) Union: His paper has been representative of the highest ideals of the Pacific Coastland—clean, able and independent.

Minneapolis Journal: His battle against free silver in 1896 was typical. It was the greatest tribute ever paid to the educational power of a free newspaper.