The Press: So Simple

Far up in the snowy coast-range mountains near the headwaters of the chilly Siletz River, 90 miles southwest of Portland, Ore., is the Cobbs & Mitchell sawmill. There Dorothy Anne, 10-year-old daughter of Cook House & Dormitory Supervisor Henry Hobson, recently launched a one-sheet, the mimeographed Valsetz Star, which carries community intelligence to the families of 200 burly mill hands and loggers. Many a newspaper owner might wish himself able to resolve his publishing worries as simply and succinctly as did Publisher Dorothy Anne in the Star's latest issue. She wrote: "SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: this may be our last issue as we are going broke, we have to pay out so much money. We have to pay our publishers in Portland, and we have to buy stamps and paper. Daddy says the Republicans could save us but there aren't any. . . . Mr. Starr [company manager] told us to keep struggling, but Nellie, who helps me with the paper, says she is getting tired struggling as we haven't divided up the money yet. I have it all. . . ."