The Chief (Oregon newspaper)

The Chief is a family-owned weekly newspaper in Clatskanie, Oregon, United States.

The Chief
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Country Media, Inc.
Founder(s)F. T. Shute
PublisherDavid Thornberry
Founded1891
Headquarters1805 Columbia Blvd. St. Helens, OR 97051
Websitethechiefnews.com

History

The paper was founded in 1891 by F. T. Shute.[1] In its early days it offered a bundled subscription with Better Fruit, a publication in Hood River, Oregon.[2]

E. W. Conyers, a businessman and a former state legislator, became the controlling owner in 1889. Conyers had been a lifelong Whig, and became a Republican when that party was formed.[3]

Arthur Steele purchased the paper in 1922, and his descendents have run it ever since.[1] He was named president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in 1953.[4] Arthur and his wife Melvina ran the paper until Melvina's death in 1972, when their son Gail took over.[5][1] as of the early 2000s the owner was Deborah Steele Hazen.[6] As of 2013 its circulation was about 2,400.[1]

It is currently owned by Country Media, Inc. and publishes on Thursdays.[7] In 2014, its title changed from The Clatskanie Chief to simply The Chief.[8]

References
  1. Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
  2. "Better fruit". 1910.
  3. "Republican League Register, a Record of the Republican Party in the State of". Register Pub. Co. 1896.
  4. "Editor & Publisher 1953-07-04: Vol 86 Iss 28". Duncan McIntosh. 4 July 1953.
  5. Walker, Bill (July 26, 1997). "Third Generation Alive And Well". Editor and Publisher.
  6. "The Sven Tollifsen Family". Cumtux. Winter 2008.
  7. "Clatskanie Chief". www.mondotimes.com.
  8. "The Clatskanie chief" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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