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AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY.
CALIFORNIA.
ramento Valley Rd., 23 m. from Sacramento,
in an agricultural and mining district,
on American r., which furnishes extensive
water power, which is partially employed
in manufacturing.
TELEGRAPH; Saturdays; republican, four
pages; size 24x36; subscription $4; established
1856; Mrs. John F. Howe, editor and publisher;
circulation 400, estimated.
FRESNO, Fresno Co.
EXPOSITOR; Wednesdays; democratic;
four pages; size 24x36; subscription $4; established
1870; J. W. Ferguson, editor and publisher;
circulation 450, estimated.
GILROY, Santa Clara Co., 2,000 pop., on
Southern Pacific Rd., 80 m. from San
Francisco, in an agricultural valley; the
centre of a considerable trade.
ADVOCATE; Saturdays; four pages; size
24x36; subscription $4; established 1868; Dryden
& Vaughn, editors and publishers; objects
to stating circulation.
GRASS VALLEY, Nevada Co., 6,000t pop.,
12 m. from Central Pacific Rd., in a quartz
mining district, about 60 m. N. E. of Sacramento;
surrounded by an agricultural
and fruit-growing district.
UNION every morning except Monday; independent;
four pages; size 21x28; subscription
$10; established 1858; Charles H. Mitchell,
editor and publisher; circulation 400, estimated.FOOT-HILL TIDINGS; Saturdays; independent;
eight pages; size 30x44; subscription
$3; established 1874; S. G. Lewis, editor and
publisher; circulation 1,080; the only family
paper, and the best and cheapest advertising
medium in Nevada county; see page 502.
GUADALUPE, Santa Barbara Co.
TELEGRAPH; Saturdays; four pages; size
24x36; subscription $4; established 1875; DeWitt
Hubbell, editor and publisher; circulation 400,
estimated.
HEALDSBURG, Sonoma Co., 1,800t pop., on
Russian r. and San Francisco & North Pacific
Rd., 72 m. from San Francisco. Surrounded
by an agricultural, mining, stock.
raising and wine-producing district.
ENTERPRISE Thursdays; democratic;
four pages; size 24x36; subscription $4; established
1876; Mulgrew Brothers & Swan, editors
and publishers; largest local circulation; located
in the famous Russian River Valley, the garden
spot of California, and in close proximity to the
great quicksilver region of the State.
RUSSIAN RIVER FLA4,; Thursdays; republican;
four pages; size 25x38; subscription
$4; established 1868; S. P. Mead and Leslie A.
Jordan, editors; Jordan Brothers, publishers;
circulation 1,036; is located in the centre of a rich
quicksilver mining region, and is surrounded by a
prosperous agricultural wine, wool, hop and fruitgrowing
district; near the famous Geyser, Litton
and Skaggs Springs; climate and scenery unsurpassed
; crops never-failing.
HOLLISTER, C. H., San Benito Co., 2,000
pop., about 15 m. from Gilroy and 58 N. E.
of Monterey, on a branch of the Southern
Pacific Rd. A place of trade, and centre
of an agricultural and stock-raising district.SAN BENITO ADVANCE; Saturdays; four
pages; size 26x40; subscription $4; established
1868; F. W. Blake, editor and publisher; circulation
450. estimated.
TELEGRAPH Thursdays; democratic;
four pages; size 26x40; subscription $3; established
1876; G. W. Carlton & Co., editors and
publishers.CALIFORNIA.
INDEPENDENCE, C. H., Inyo Co., 400
pop., 500 m. E. by S. from San Francisco;
the principal point in an agricultural valley,
surrounded by a mining region.
INYO INDEPENDENT; Saturdays; four
pages; size 21x28; subscription $5; established
1870; Chalfant & Parker, editors and publishers;
circulation 400.
JACKSON, C. H., Amador Co., 2,000 pop.,
in a mining, agricultural, stock-raising
district, about 40 m. S. E. of Sacramento.
AMADOR DISPATCH Saturdays; democratic;
four pages; size 23x32; subscription $4;
established 1859; Wm. M. Penry, editor and publisher;
circulation 400*, estimated.
AMADOR LEDGER ; Saturdays; republican;
four pages; size 24x36; subscription $3; established
1855; Richard Webb, editor and publisher;
circulation 480; oldest, largest and most
widely circulated paper in the county.
LAKEPORT, C. H., Lake Co.
LAKE CO. BEE ; Thursdays; democratic;
four pages; size 24x33i; subscription $4; established
1872; J. B. Baccus, Jr., editor and publisher;
circulation 300, estimated.
LAKE DEMOCRAT; Saturdays; democratic;
four pages; size 24x36; subscription $4;
established 1875; A. A. R. Utting, editor and
publisher; circulation 350, estimated.
PACIFIC EVANGELIST; monthly; Cumberland
Presbyterian; twelve pages; size of
page 8x12; subscription $1; established 1876;
Rev. L. Wallace and Rev. R. .1. P. Lemnmon, editors;
Rev. L. Wallace, publisher.
LIVERMORE, Alameda Co.
HERALD1; Saturdays; independent; four
pages; size 24x36; subscription $3; established
1877; Win. P. Bartlett, editor and publisher.
LOMPOC, Santa Barbara Co.
RECORD Saturdays; four pages; size 24x36;
subscription $4; established 1875; W. W.
Broughton, editor and publisher; circulation
300, estimated; official organ of the " Lompoc
Temperance Colony."
LOS ANGELES, C. H., Los Angeles Co.,
20,000t pop., on Los Angeles r. and Southern
Pacific Rd., 400 m. S. E. of San Francisco.
An agricultural county, producing the
principal grains, wines, fruit, brandy,
wool and hides; also having gold, silver
and lead mines.
EVENING EXPRESS; every evening except
Sunday, and WEEKLY, Saturdays; nonpartisan;
four pages; size-daily 24x36, weekly
30x46; subscription-daily $10, weekly $3; established
1872; J. J. Ayers, editor; Express Newspaper
and Printing Co., publishers; circulation
-daily 480, weekly 450, estimated.
EVENING REPUBLICAN; every evening
except Sunday, and WEEKLY, Saturdays; republican;
four pages; size 24x36; subscriptiondaily
$7, weekly $2; estallishec'-daily 187;,
weekly 1877; W. W. Creighton. e litor; John K.
Creighton, publisher; circulation-daily 400,
estimated; "Los Angeles Evening Republican;"
first republican paper in this section; the weekly is
the che apes r in Southern California; official
paper of the county.
HERALD; every morning except Monday,
and WEEKLY, Saturdays; independent; four
pages; size 28x42; subscription-daily $10, weekly
13; established 1873; Joseph D. Lynch, editor
and publisher; circulation-daily 800, weekly
1,300, estimated.
STAR; every morning except Monday, and
WEEKLY, Saturdays; independent republican;
four pages; size 24x37; subscription-daily
$12, weekly $2; established-daily 1866, weekly
1852; Ben. C. Truman, editor and publisher; circulation-daily
550, weekly 650, estimated.
LA CRONICA; semi-weekly, Wednesdays
and Saturdays; Spanish; four pages; size
26x38; subscription $6; established 1871; Pastor19
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