This is a copy made by Louise Lindgren on 1-31-09, transcribed from a Xerox copy of Niles’ handwritten journal. Page numbers have been added by Lindgren as well as topic headings in brackets. Some key names and phrases have been bolded by Lindgren for ease in research. Punctuation and paragraph indents remain as in the original. Journal of Robert Francis Niles Cover page note 1: “Portion of Journal of Robert Francis Niles (born June 6, 1876, died Feb. 17, 1957), written during 1952/1953” Cover page note 2: “The term ‘stone’ referred to a standard piece of newspaper equipment – a table topped by a marble slab several inches thick, used for assembly of the type” Return address label on cover page: “Still Waters, Bill & Rosie Niles, 7086 S. Holst Rd., Clinton, WA 98236” Pg. 1. [Text begins with an incomplete sentence carried over from previous page which was not submitted by Bill and Rosie Niles.]: … entitled to the same benefits under similar conditions. Of course many died before they were old enough to profit under the law. [Niles’ work at the Snohomish Tribune] I returned to my old job in the Tribune office. Gorham had bought Clemans; interest in the Tribune. Now he bought the only other plant – a job office – in town and after that we did all the job printing in Snohomish as long as I remained there. Mill and I were the regular force, though Pete Swett and Bill Russell were employed when the work crowded us too much. The modern idea of figuring every minute of overtime and getting paid for it never occurred to anyone in the country offices of that day. If it was necessary to work in the evening in order to get the paper out on time, we did it. Early in the summer of 1899 Gorham sold the Tribune to Dick Bushell, and a man named Dopp -- and I was out of a job. [Index Miner newspaper established] Index was then having a big mining boom and Gorham decided about the middle of July to start a paper there. I went up to work for him – he was not a printer. We built the shops, doing a large part of the work ourselves. We had the shop in front with a kitchen and bedroom at the rear. Both of us had done some baching and cooking was no problem. The shop was across the railroad track from the main part of town. The track was on a grade about four feet high and shop was level with the track. A sidewalk was later built on the shop level though the street was not graded. The rear of our lot ran to the North Fork of the Skykomish river. The only roads were one to a quarry a mile west of town and one running to Galena, a ghost town from a former boom. Only a hotel remained and this was abandoned and went to ruin later. Another ghost town was Mineral City, four miles from Galena up Silver Creek. It had once boasted a newspaper, an assay office and other business houses. Now all were deserted and going to , OCR Text: This is a copy made by Louise Lindgren on 1-31-09, transcribed from a Xerox copy of Niles’ handwritten journal. Page numbers have been added by Lindgren as well as topic headings in brackets. Some key names and phrases have been bolded by Lindgren for ease in research. Punctuation and paragraph indents remain as in the original. Journal of Robert Francis Niles Cover page note 1: “Portion of Journal of Robert Francis Niles (born June 6, 1876, died Feb. 17, 1957), written during 1952/1953” Cover page note 2: “The term ‘stone’ referred to a standard piece of newspaper equipment – a table topped by a marble slab several inches thick, used for assembly of the type” Return address label on cover page: “Still Waters, Bill & Rosie Niles, 7086 S. Holst Rd., Clinton, WA 98236” Pg. 1. [Text begins with an incomplete sentence carried over from previous page which was not submitted by Bill and Rosie Niles.]: … entitled to the same benefits under similar conditions. Of course many died before they were old enough to profit under the law. [Niles’ work at the Snohomish Tribune] I returned to my old job in the Tribune office. Gorham had bought Clemans; interest in the Tribune. Now he bought the only other plant – a job office – in town and after that we did all the job printing in Snohomish as long as I remained there. Mill and I were the regular force, though Pete Swett and Bill Russell were employed when the work crowded us too much. The modern idea of figuring every minute of overtime and getting paid for it never occurred to anyone in the country offices of that day. If it was necessary to work in the evening in order to get the paper out on time, we did it. Early in the summer of 1899 Gorham sold the Tribune to Dick Bushell, and a man named Dopp -- and I was out of a job. [Index Miner newspaper established] Index was then having a big mining boom and Gorham decided about the middle of July to start a paper there. I went up to work for him – he was not a printer. We built the shops, doing a large part of the work ourselves. We had the shop in front with a kitchen and bedroom at the rear. Both of us had done some baching and cooking was no problem. The shop was across the railroad track from the main part of town. The track was on a grade about four feet high and shop was level with the track. A sidewalk was later built on the shop level though the street was not graded. The rear of our lot ran to the North Fork of the Skykomish river. The only roads were one to a quarry a mile west of town and one running to Galena, a ghost town from a former boom. Only a hotel remained and this was abandoned and went to ruin later. Another ghost town was Mineral City, four miles from Galena up Silver Creek. It had once boasted a newspaper, an assay office and other business houses. Now all were deserted and going to , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),General Articles & Documents,General Articles,General History Articles,Frank Niles Journal.pdf,Frank Niles Journal.pdf Page 1, Frank Niles Journal.pdf Page 1