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The ''Lincoln County Leader'' was a weekly American newspaper published in Toledo, Oregon from 1893 to 1987. The newspaper was originally published as a Democratic paper, but its party affiliation changed with the ownership. For many years the newspaper was the primary journal in Lincoln County. ==History== The first publisher of the ''Lincoln County Leader'' was John F. Stewart.(c.1865–1917). The paper was originally published every Thursday. Subscription rates for three months were 50 cents, 75 cents for six months, and $1.50 for a year.〔 In 1893, Stewart had moved to Toledo, Oregon from Woodburn, a town in the Willamette Valley, where he had been publishing a paper called the ''World'', which was operating in competition with the ''Independent''. Stewart's plan was to start a new newspaper in a town without competition.〔 Toledo seemed promising, as it was then the county seat of Lincoln County, and a rail terminus.〔〔 The first issue, Volume 1, Number 1, was published on March 9, 1893.〔 The original printing press was small, consisting of an “army” model, which was placed upon a dry goods box.〔〔 It was slow, producing one page at a time.〔 Type was handset on a "kid" typesetter.〔 Under Stewart, the ''Leader'' supported the Democratic Party as well as the right to vote of Native Americans living on the Siletz Indian reservation.〔 Stewart became the county judge of Lincoln County in 1898. The ''Leader'' was originally a Democratic paper, and remained so for over four years while it was under the ownership of John F. Stewart. Stewart then sold the newspaper to Wesley L. Davis.〔 Davis was a Republican, and as such he changed the editorial leanings of the paper.〔 In 1893, Davis had been the publisher of the ''Silverton Tribune''. However, less than a year after he bought the ''Leader'', Davis sold the paper to Robert E. Collins.〔 Collins in turn only held the paper for a few months before selling it to Charles F. and Ada E. Soule.〔 The Soules were Republicans, and often criticized William Jennings Bryan, a leading national Democrat at the time.〔 The first issued under the Soules was published on Friday, September 15, 1899. The Soules also consolidated the operations of the ''Leader'' with another newspaper, the ''Toledo Tug'', with the ''Tug'' losing its identity.〔 On September 1, 1907, the paper came back into the control of Robert E. Collins.〔〔 Collins continued the Republican affiliation of the paper which it had assumed since the sale by Stewart.〔 On June 14, 1915, a new weekly newspaper, the ''Independent Enterprise'', would begin publication in Newport, Oregon. The type for the new paper was set on a linotype machine owned by the ''Lincoln County Leader''.〔 With the addition of the ''Independent Enterprise'', which was published in Nye Creek by Cecil J. Emery, there were then three weekly newspapers published in Newport, then a town of less than 1,000 population.〔 The other newspapers were the ''Yaquina Bay News'', which had been published by William Mathews since 1890, and the ''Newport Signal'', published by John Fleming Wilson since 1907.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln County Leader」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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