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:...

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