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THE KEYSTONE.
The Keystone is the appropriate name of a sprightly newspaper published weekly at Ketch- um, Blaine county, this state. It was founded in 1881, by George J. Lewis, later the honorable
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secretary of state of Idaho, and was ably man- aged and edited by him, in the interest of Blaine county and the then very prominent mining en- terprises of the Wood River valley. At length the establishment was burned down, and Mr. Lewis rebuilt and set up again a printing office, wherein he continued the publication of the jour- nal.
In 1886 Isaac H. Bowman, the present pro- prietor, purchased the concern, since which time he has been the successful editor and manager of the paper. This organ was for a time independ- ent in politics, but it is now a Democratic advo- cate, still devoting, however, most of the space to local news.
Mr. Bowman is a native of the state of Vir- ginia, born February 6, 1840, was educated in the Old Dominion and learned the printer's trade there, and came to Idaho in 1862, and thus be- came one of the pioneers of the Boise Basin. In 1864 he purchased the Boise News and made it the Idaho World, and controlled its publication successfully during all the formative period of the territory and during the height of the mining ex- citements. In 1874 he sold out and removed to Oakland, California, where he conducted a job- printing office and was the founder of The Mail, an independent paper. After running this paper for two years he sold it and returned to Idaho, locating in Ketchum, where he has been engaged as already outlined.
He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and a popular man in social and business circles, but he devotes his time prin- cipally to the favorite Keystone.
THE GRANGEVILLE STANDARD.
The Standard, a weekly paper, published at Grangeville, is issued on Friday of each week, having been established March 25. 1899. It is published in the interests of the town and of Idaho county by the Standard Publishing Com- pany, which is composed of G. W. Goode and C. F. Lake. The subscription price is two dol- lars per annum, and the journal has already be- come a welcome visitor at many homes in this locality.
Mr. Lake, who is the managing editor, is a newspaper man of experience. He was born in Wisconsin, July 21, 1859, was educated in south-
eastern Minnesota and entered a printing office when fourteen years of age. He then thoroughly mastered the trade and since that time has been continuously engaged in journalistic work. He has been connected with various papers in the east, and published the Spokane Opinion for a time, after which he became one of the founders of the Spokane Daily Times. From that place he went to Moscow, in 1895, and from there came to Grangeville and founded the Standard, becoming its managing editor. The paper is a clean, bright, newsy and well printed sheet, and from the beginning has received a good advertis- ing patronage.
THE REPUBLICAN.
The Republican, a weekly newspaper pub- lished at Preston, is issued every Wednesday and is an eight-page, four-column quarto, devoted to local interests and to the advancement and pro- mulgation of Republican principles. The pub- lishers are R. H. Davis and W. H. Peck. The former is a newspaper man of marked ability and wide experience. He is owner of the Caldwell Tribune and the Malad Enterprise, in addition to his partnership interest in the Republican. Mr. Peck, the junior partner, learned the printer's trade in the office of the Enterprise at Malad City, where he was employed for vears. He then worked on the Caldwell Tribune for two years, after which he took charge of the Republican. in January, 1899. Messrs. Davis & Peck are now building a good office at Preston and are enlarging their plant. Theirs is the pioneer pa- per of the town, and it was first published in 1893, by B. N. Davis, a brother of R. H. Davis, who called it the Standard, under which name it appeared for two years. It was then leased to L. R. Whitney, who changed the name to the Republican. Mr. Peck, the present manager, is a bright young newspaper man, an able and intel- ligent worker and has made his paper a paying investment.
JULIAETTA NEWSPAPERS.
The first paper published in Juliaetta was the Juliaetta Gem, whose initial number was issued May 18, 1889, with W. L. Taylor as editor. Mr. Taylor was a young man of talent, and was a step-son of Judge Piper. He continued his iden-
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tification with the Gem only eighteen months, when the enterprise was temporarily abandoned, being practically resurrected in the issuing of the Potlatch, which made its first appearance in June, 1891, with Collins Perryman as business man- ager and J. M. Bledsoe as editor. Mr. Perry- man managed the paper with much energy and ability, securing to it a good patronage and mak- ing a success of the venture. After the lapse of somewhat more than one year the newspaper was sold to William R. McCracken, who rechristened it the Juliaetta Advance. He continued the pub- lication of the Advance for two years, when it was discontinued by reason of the general de- pression in financial affairs. Somewhat later the Potlatch Press was started here by the Alford Brothers, now publishers of the Lewiston Tri- bune. They conducted the business with marked ability, making the Press a live, newsy journal. At the expiration of one year F. J. Bratton be- came proprietor and published the paper two years, after which he sent the press to Spaulding.
The Juliaetta Register made its first appear- ance on May 1, 1899, M. P. Stevens presiding over its destinies. He is a lawyer by profession, and is the incumbent of the important offices of justice of the peace, city clerk and city attorney. Mr. Stevens is making the Register an excellent paper, devoted to the interests of the town and surrounding country, and it merits the support of all residents of the community.
THE IDAHO COUNTY FREE PRESS.
The Free Press is a weekly publication, and was founded by A. F. Parker, its present editor and proprietor, in June, 1886, as an independent journal devoted to the interests of the town of Grangeville and of Idaho county. Mr. Parker is a gentleman of considerable literary talent and ability, and has met with such eminent success in the conduct of his journal that in January, 1899, he was encouraged to produce the first issue of the Daily Press, which is a wide-awake and popular paper, full of general and mining news. He is an energetic, progressive and cap- able journalist and has done much for the welfare of the state in setting forth its advantages and re- sources in the columns of his papers.
A native of England, he was born in Wells, Somersetshire, March 16, 1856, and when only
twelve years of age shipped before the mast, fol- lowing a seafaring life until 1873. In 1876 he made a voyage around Cape Horn to the Pacific coast, and came directly to Idaho, engaging in quartz mining in the Brownlee country, in Big Snake river canyon. He followed that pursuit until advised to quit on account of the Nez Perces Indian outbreak in 1877. when he entered the service of the government as scout, courier and guide. He also served in the same capacity at the time of the Bannock Indian outbreak, in 1878, and in the Sheep-eater Indian campaign of 1879.
The following year Mr. Parker located in Lew- iston, and published the Nez Perces News from January, 1880, until September, 1883, when he sold out and joined the throng making its way to the Coeur d'Alene district. He established the Coeur d'Alene Daily and Weekly Eagle, at Eagle City, in February, 1884, and served as postmaster and deputy recorder there through- out the excitement, making sometimes as high as one hundred and fifty dollars per day through his labors in the recorder's office. Since that time he has engaged in the publication of The Idaho County Free Press, and in the manage- ment of his investments. He has various mining interests in Idaho, Nez Perces and Washington counties and owns a large amount of stock in the Cleveland group of mines, eight miles south of Elk City, where considerable development work has shown up a very valuable property. He also has realty interests in Grangeville and has erected a number of buildings in the town, thereby ad- vancing the work of public improvement.
On the 4th of February, 1890, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Mary S. Newman, the youngest daughter of Horace S. Newman, formerly general claim agent of the Union Pa- cific Railroad Company. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parker have been born four children, but they lost their eldest in her fourth year. The living are Foster C., and Lydia and Sylvia, twins. They have a delightful residence in Grangeville and are numbered among the most highly esteemed citizens there.
In politics Mr. Parker has always been a stal- wart Democrat, but his publications are strictly neutral, and are conducted on strictly business principles. He was, however, a Democratic
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member of the convention which prepared the state constitution, which was adopted in conven- tion in Boise, August 6, 1889, and which is now the organic law of Idaho. He is one of the two oldest representatives of the Knights of Pythias fraternity in Idaho, and is also a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Masonic fra- ternities.
THE IDAHO FALLS REGISTER.
The Idaho Falls Register, a newsy, eight-page, six-column paper, published by William E. Wheeler, is devoted to the interests of the city of Idaho Falls and the county of Bingham. It is Republican in politics, gives all the local news and pays much attention to the county's agri- cultural interests. It is ably edited and well printed and has had a powerful influence upon the development of the county. Mr. Wheeler issued the paper first at Blackfoot, July 1, 1880. He removed it to Idaho Falls in 1884, and it at once became a potent factor in the progress and prosperity of the field in which it circulates.
William E. Wheeler was born at Peacham, Caledonia county, Vermont, August 29, 1844, and is descended from a family which settled early in Maine, where his father, Samuel Dexter Wheeler, was born. His grandfather, Colonel William Wheeler, fought in the war with Mexico. Samuel Dexter Wheeler married Sarah Jane Bai- ly, a native of Peacham, Vermont, and they had five children, of whom only three survive. Mr. Wheeler was a shoemaker and farmer and he and his wife were Seventh-day Adventists. Mr. Wheeler died in his fifty-eighth year. His widow has now reached the advanced age of seventy- eight.
When William E. Wheeler, the eldest of the children of Samuel Dexter and Sarah Jane (Bai- ly) Wheeler, was fifteen years old, the family re- moved to Illinois, where the boy finished his edu- cation. He was not yet seventeen when the civil war began, but he tried to enlist in the Ellsworthi Zouaves and was rejected because he was not of legal military age. In 1864, when he was twenty- one, he tried again to enter the army, and was accepted as a member of Company B, One Hun- dred and Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and did provost and guard duty in southern Illi- mois and Kentucky. He was at Springfield, Illinois, at the time of the funeral of President
Lincoln, and helped to guard the state house while the remains of the martyred president were lying in state in that building. He was honor- ably discharged and mustered out of the service at Springfield.
Mr. Wheeler began his journalistic career at Evanston, Wyoming, where he published the Evanston Age until 1880. He then removed to Blackfoot, Idaho, where he established the Reg- ister, which he later brought to Idaho Falls and made an influential journal. He has made the Register a success from every point of view and has never been stintful of time or means in pro- claiming to the world the advantages of this part of Idaho for residence and investment. His pub- lic spirit has been recognized by his fellow citi- zens and he has received a liberal patronage. He has built up a fine printing and publishing plant, and it is as well equipped for development and success as any newspaper in the state.
Mr. Wheeler was married, in 1883, to Miss Elizabeth W. Dougherty, a native of Elgin, Illinois, and a daughter of Michael Dougherty who came to the United States from Ireland. Mr. Wheeler was made an Odd Fellow in 1865.
THE STANDARD.
The Standard, an interesting journal issued each Friday, in Preston, Oneida county, is a four- page, six-column quarto, published by W. H. Kenner. It is devoted to local interests and is the organ of the Oneida stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was first published in 1895 as the New Era, and in 1896 was sold to Sponburg & Barnes, who changed the name to Oneida Herald and made it the organ of the Democratic party. In 1898 it was repurchased by the original company and as- sumed the name of the Standard, under which title it is still published.
Mr. Kenner, its editor, was born in St. Francis- ville, Clark county, Missouri, January 19, 1860, and went to Salt Lake as an emigrant. He was employed by Mr. Ford in a job-printing office in Salt Lake City, later worked on the Herald and subsequently on the Tribune, and has done much newspaper work in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. He has had wide experience in the field of jour- nalism and is a man of marked ability in the newspaper field. He is now serving as a mem-
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ber of Governor Steunenberg's staff, and is a notary public. He was married in 1883 to Miss Ida V. Conover, daughter of Peter Conover, who emigrated to Salt Lake in 1848 and was a mem- ber of Joseph Smith's body guard. He was the founder of Provo City and built the first house there. In the Indian war he served as a colonel of the Utah militia, and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five years. Mrs. Kenner has learned the printer's trade with her husband, and is his able assistant in the office. They now have two daughters, Katie and Ada.
THE NORTH IDAHO STAR.
This is a weekly paper published each Friday in Moscow, and is the property of Henry C. Shaver, who is both editor and proprietor. The paper is published in the interests of the Repub- lican party and of northern Idaho, and was es- tablished October 1, 1887, by J. L. Brown, who continued its publication for three years. He then sold to the Star Publishing Company, who continued in control until October 9, 1893, at which time the journal was purchased by its present owner.
Mr. Shaver is a newspaper man of experience and ability. He was born in Kendall county, Illi- nois, Angust 8, 1858, and when a child removed with his parents to Iowa. He was educated in the public schools of that state and first began to learn the printer's trade in the office of the Re- publican, at Waverly, Iowa. After completing his apprenticeship and acting as compositor and performing other duties in connection with print- ing for some years, he purchased the Cedar Falls Recorder, at Cedar Falls, Iowa, which was his first business venture of importance. He con- tinued the publication of that journal for four years and then removed to Des Moines, Iowa, where he became identified with the Des Moines Daily Leader, first as manager of the job de- partment and later as manager of the subscrip- tion department. He was then promoted to the reportorial staff, subsequently became city editor and finally editor in chief, holding the last named responsible position for six years, when he re- signed in order to devote his entire time to the lowa interests of the Chicago Herald, with head- quarters at Des Moines. That position he held until June, 1893. when he resigned to accept a
business offer from the Des Moines Leader, mak- ing him its correspondent in Washington, D. C. At the same time he acted as correspondent for the Omaha World-Herald and the Indianapolis Sentinel. That work he continued until the fol- lowing autumn, when he decided to come west and cast in his lot with the residents of Latalı county, Idaho. Since becoming the owner and editor of the Star the paper has materially ad- vanced in business prosperity and journalistic standing and has become a very potent factor in promoting the interests of Moscow and the county.
Mr. Shaver is thoroughly identified with the interests of his adopted town and county, and, with a full appreciation of their excellent ad- vantages and resources, he has put these before the public through the columns of nis paper and has been particularly active in calling attention to the wonderful white-pine belt in the eastern sec- tion of the state, which is a source of great wealth, as yet undeveloped. One result of his labors in this direction has been the organization of a company which now has its plans consum- mated to build a railroad to the center of the pine belt, that it may be advantageously worked. In the near future the work of construction will be instituted, and when the road is completed the future of Moscow as a large manufacturing town is assured.
Mr. Shaver was married, June 1, 1893, to Miss Emilie Cozier, a daughter of Rev. B. F. Cozier, a prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a sister of United States Attorney Cozier. They have one child, Seymour. Mrs. Shaver is a valued member of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Shaver is an inflexible adherent of the Republican party and does all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of the World, and is a popular and representative citizen of northern Idaho.
THE POST.
An excellent weekly newspaper published at Paris, the county-seat of Bear Lake county, is the Post, which is a five-column quarto, Repub- lican in its political proclivities, and the official organ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Idaho. The paper was established
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in 1880 by the officers of the Bear Lake stake, a division of the church as to territorial jurisdic- tion, and it has been continued under the same management up to the present time. During the years of its publication two judges have "gradu- ated" from the office of the Post,-Judge Charles H. Hunt, who was employed in the office in 1881; and Judge Rolapp, of Ogden, Utah, who was connected with the enterprise in 1885.
In the years 1881 and 1882 James H. Wallis figured as editor and publisher of the Post, again becoming the manager of its destinies in 1885-6, and after an interim again assuming its manage- ment in 1892, since which time he has been at the helm. In the meantime he had been employed on the Salt Lake Herald. During the entire period of its existence the Post has been a potent factor in promoting the interests of Paris and Bear Lake county, as well as of the Republi- can party and the church, and its affairs have been ably handled. James H. Wallis, who has so long been the editor and publisher of the pa- per, is a native of London, England, having been born in the famous Tower of London. His father, James Wallis, was camp artificer for the English government, and resided in the historical tower, of which the latter's father was turnkey, so that it was long occupied by the family. James H. Wallis was born on the 13th of April, 1861, and received his education in his native city, after which he served the full bound-apprenticeship of seven years at the printing trade, in which he be- came as thorough and skillful a workman as only the old system can insure. He eventually em- braced the faith of the Church of Christ of Lat- ter Day Saints, and sailed for the United States in April, 1881, making this change of residence by reason of his religious convictions, the doc- trines of the church being to gather its adherents together. At first he was employed by George Q. Cannon, in Salt Lake City, whence, in Octo- ber of the same year, 1881, he came to Paris, where he became interested in political affairs. His management of the Post has been such as to make it a strong defender of the rights of the people. He was a Democrat until Cleveland's second administration, when he became identified with the Republican party, of whose principles he has ever since been a stanch advocate.
Mr. Wallis graduated in the law department of
the Nebraska State University, and in 1890 was elected prosecuting attorney of Juab county, Utah. He is now United States commissioner for the state of Idaho, receiving the appointment from the federal judge, and in the sessions of the state senate of 1898-9 he held the office of general committee clerk. He is also a member of the national executive committee of the Republican party.
In 1881 Mr. Wallis was married to Miss Eliza- beth Todd, of London. They crossed the At- lantic together and were married in Salt Lake City. They became the parents of eleven child- ren, and all save one of the number are still living.
Mr. Wallis is a man of marked intellectuality, is a bright journalist and able statistician, and is well and favorably known throughout the state.
THE LEWISTON TELLER.
The Teller is an independent weekly newspa- per which was founded in 1876 by A. Leland and his son, C. F. Leland, the terms being five dollars per annum. Those gentlemen published the pa- per successfully until 1890, at which time it was purchased by C. A. Foresman, who has since conducted it as a Republican journal, and since 1898 has issued it bi-weekly. It has a wide cir- culation in Latah, Nez Perces and Idaho coun- ties, and is one of the strongest and most in- fluential Republican papers in the state, having been a potent factor in the growth and upbuild- ing of this section of Idaho.
Mr. Foresman, the editor and proprietor, was born in Indiana, May 29, 1859, was educated in the State Normal School and came to Idaho in 1889. Here he was principal of the Lewiston schools for six years, and in 1894 he was elected state superintendent of schools. He is a man of scholarly attainments and broad general cul- ture, and has given to the school system of the state an impetus whose effect will long be felt. His strong mentality is shown through the col- umns of the Teller, which is a most interesting journal, faithfully mirroring forth the events of the locality, state and nation. Mr. Foresman has built a nice home in Lewiston, is married and has two children. His wife is a member of the Methodist church, and he is past grand chan- cellor of the Knights of Pythias fraternity of
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Idaho. He and his family are held in high es- teem in Lewiston and he is justly regarded as one of the prominent and representative citizens of his adopted state.
THE MONTPELIER EXAMINER.
The ancestors of Charles E. Harris, editor and proprietor of the Montpelier Examiner, settled at Jamestown, Virginia, in the seventeenth cen - tury and he was born in West Virginia in 1866. He has been thirty years in the west and fifteen years a newspaper man in Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, and during that time has established four papers.
The Montpelier Examiner was first issued in March, 1895. It is an eight-page, six-column sheet, Independent-Democratic in politics, and is the official paper of the city of Montpelier, which has a population of nearly two thousand, and of Bear Lake county, which has a population of ten thousand, and it covers the whole field. Its sub- scription price is two dollars a year and it circu- lates in three states, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. It has the most complete plant in southern Idaho, and the office turns out fine job printing in all branches.
Mr. Harris was married, in 1895, to Mary Rob- inson, of Park City, Utah. He is a citizen of much public and personal popularity, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World. He is a member of the board of regents of the University of the State of Idaho and was nominee on the Demo- cratic ticket, in 1898, for the office of state sena-
tor, being defeated by a majority of only seventy- three. He is regarded as one of the rising men of this part of the state, and those who have been watching events closely in Idaho predict that he will come to the front in an unmistakable way as soon as local conditions are favorable.
THE ENTERPRISE.
This is a weekly, five-column quarto news- paper, published every Saturday at Malad, Onei- da county, in the interests especially of its city and county, and in general politics it is a Re- publican organ, wielding a great influence in the advancement of Republican principles. The paper was founded by J. A. Streight, in Sep- tember, 1886. After he had conducted it a year he sold it to R. H. Davis, a gentleman of con- siderable ability, who has since been its pub- lisher; and since 1896 W. E. Beers has been its successful manager.
Mr. Beers is a native of Kentucky, born at the capital of that state. He acquired a practical knowledge of the printer's trade while a boy; and his business life since then has been such as to make him an accomplished newspaper man- ager. After coming west he was a reporter for the Oregonian and other Oregon papers in the Idaho legislature during the session of 1896-7, coming to this state for that purpose. He has since been located at Malad, where he has a home and family; and he has located here with the in- tention of making this his permanent abode. He is considered by the citizens a valuable acquisi- tion to the community.
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