Saturday, December 30, 2006

Oregon Republican League: Elder Photos



Oregon Republican League:Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 222.

WHITE, E. L. E., editor and publisher of the Portland Chronicle, was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, November 25, 1854. He lived there and in Randolph, Massachusetts; Elmira, New York, and Norwich, Connecticut, till 1870, when he came to the Pacific coast and entered a printing office at Olympia to learn a trade. He has ever since been engaged in printing and publishing. In 1883 he founded the Forest Grove Times. In 1887, he bought the Mcminnville Reporter, and published it daily and weekly. In 1890 he purchased the Portland Chronicle, formerly the East Portland Vindicator, and has built it up to its present high position. His newspaper work is vigorous and effective, and he is a hard worker for Republican success.

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