The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 285
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Albany Tomahawk.-Gritty, but impecunious.
Callahan Clarendon.-Newsy, neat and Democratic.
Buffalo Gap News.-Fair, Democratic and sparkling. Has a bright
future. Its editor is a printer.
Coleman Courant.-Democratic and liberal. Its editor, we believe,
is a teacher.
Coleman Telegraph.-Democratic but does not meddle with politics
much.
Brownwood Banner.-Democratic and an ardent worker for its coun-
try's best interest. Its editor is an "adjuster of the moveable alphabet"
and a good one too.
Brownwood Sentinel.-A first-class Democratic paper. Its editor is
a lawyer.
Stephenville Empire.-Democratic, and a splendid paper. Its editor
is a practical printer.
The Comanche Chief.-Democratic in all things, and independent
to the core. It hews to the line and its chips fly promiscuously. Its
editors are Typographical Union printers and are proud of their
profession.9
The Texas Panhandle was the last part of the state to get
newspapers. Two pioneer editors in that region were H. H.
Brooks and C. F. Rudolph, and neither of them founded news-
papers there until after 1885, which, it has been suggested, was
the end of the Cattle Kingdom.
Brooks arrived in Amarillo in 1887, bringing with him an
old army press and a small supply of type, and established a
weekly newspaper called the Livestock Champion. At first he
used his paper primarily to further real estate interests, but
later gave most of the space to livestock news.1"
Rudolph, who had started a weekly at Tascosa in 1886, moved
to Amarillo in 1887 and began printing the Amarillo Northwest,
which engaged in some heated editorial duels with the Livestock
Champion.
As the numbers of newspapers increased, competition mul-
tiplied out of all proportion to increase in population. Small
towns like Brownwood and Denison had two and sometimes
three or four newspapers. Consequently, many died from lack
of support.
Reported the Fort Griffin Echo in 1881: "Buffalo Gap is re-
oComanche Chief, April 17, 188o.
1oAmarillo News-Globe, August 14, 1934.285
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