daily newspaper published eugene oregon united_states formed merger eugene papers paper serves eugene springfield area surrounding areas circulation monday friday saturday little sunday newspaper owned baker family eugene members family charge nearly departments paper time years member baker family took publisher editor oregon second largest daily newspaper medium sized family newspapers left united_states history guard establishment guard launched oregon saturday june paper began weekly organ expressing allegiance states rights oriented democratic_party joined existing republican paper field published founding publisher alexander born came oregon state illinois pioneer alexander initially worked farmer income surveyor local justice peace learning printing trade working town earlier pro southern newspapers venture publisher short alexander local newspaper dynasty oregon sons later publishing guard following tenure intermediate owners grandson day edit oregon paper alexander paper vocally supported old political governing class confederate states america opposition policies reconstruction imposed south northern based republican_party views step majority republicans coming dominate oregon politics quarter 19th century alexander forced stake money losing newspaper ownership changes short followed ownership transferred continued push states rights agenda short weeks helm poor economics weekly paper unchanged immediately moved newly acquired white elephant cutting losses avoiding stigma financial failure conservative political movement giving away paper outright men worked according thompson later transfer ownership paper new owners leading partner new ownership pair come oregon native missouri aboard wagon train 1850s worked printer devil democratic newspapers review age acquisition guard required fulfill contractual obligation run paper alive victor managed successfully earning thompson healthy work sale paper christmas eve thompson subsequently oregon establish new newspaper bought business partner july subsequently remained solely publisher desk seven years continued battle democratic_party competition short lived professed allegiance similarly shorter lived ran slate candidates state local office election buys ended tenure owner guard sold sons original publisher stint publishers nearly brief father november sold paper time brothers remain owners years growth daily newspaper took paper published purchased paper newspaper partly purchase press proved expensive small newspaper journalism school briefly ran paper guidance april fisher returned partner forming fisher continued publish salem fisher died purchased guard published son selling paper purchased publisher father published years later baker bought merged papers reporter recruited managing editor new paper post merger history editors country sign declaration opposing senator questioning new_york_post editor closed senate hearings washington_post editors sign declaration calling senator mccarthy actions american freedom baker son inherited newspaper later passed brother late 1980s handed remained paper editor publisher years august photographer reporter paper arrested site timber protest national forest responded violating amendment freedom press criminal charged later dropped civil suit settled court originally located downtown eugene paper moved current location northeast eugene january building leased renamed baker family building houses university printing facility archives continuing education program company began negotiations employee union new contract negotiations banned use company email system union led unfair labor practice charge newspaper ruling paper december employers ban employees pro union company email system weeks following september attacks newspaper saw increase paper sales paper received protests policy including birth announcements sex couples reported managing editor helpful sex couples complained talked iii stopped returning phone calls november finally changed policy printed birth announcement featuring names child female parents newspaper reduced width printing inches reduce costs paper inches separate reduced newspaper staff equivalent positions august time employees company management blamed economy advertising revenues projections june july half august stepped editor publisher years making end year span baker family headed paper succeeded editor publisher publisher president anderson began working new position june held seven months mid december remains chairman announced anderson longer editor publisher baker family taking control returned position editor publisher july logan took publisher ceo baker remains editor awards paper won tie best feature photo paper took place science reporting competition excellence journalism took place competition best arts coverage newspaper pulitzer prize finalist coverage community reaction springfield student general went association award blocked turkey june court order access 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