WOMAN OWNER

Evening Star, Issue 19792, 16 February 1928, Page 4

WOMAN OWNER

STARTING A PAPER AH AMERICAN VISITOR Mrs M. C. Jackson, who arrived in Wellington this week by the Tahiti on a tour of New Zealand, is the owner of the ‘ Oregon Journal,’ a Democratic newspaper in an American Republican State. Although Mrs Jackson is now the owner, her husband, the late Mr Samuel Jackson, was the founder of the paper in 1902, aid it was largely due to his interest in Australian and Now Zealand laws that several of our measures have come into force in the State of Oregon (says the ‘Post.’). The paper had much to contend with in the way of vested interests, but succeeded, because, as Mrs Jackson put it, “it stood for tho people.” Following up the interest of her late husband in this dominion, Mrs Jackson has come to see the country for herself, and will visit Franz Joseph Glacier, Rotorua, and Auckland, but she regrets that her stay will not bo a very long one, because she lias to go on to Australia in a fortnight. In her party are her grandson and his school friend, and Miss K. Kelly. Mrs Jackson was enthusiastic about her trip to New Zealand. from San Francisco, and feels certain that if more Americans knew how pleasant the journey was they would come this way instead of “ going perpetually to Europe.” In Oregon, said tho visitor, they had excellent roads, and more miles of them per capita than any other State. Some were concrete and some asphalt, and beautiful roads were laid down by the Government to any scenic spots in ihe State. For instance, Mount Hood, where winter sports were in dulgecl in all the year round, was only two hours from Portland on splendid roads, laid down and maintained by the Government as soon as they declared the mountain a reserve for the nation. Mrs Jackson has done much work in connection with women’s clubs, but has now retired from the lists of active workers, although she is still interested in what is being done by women in various spheres. Among the women employed on her paper is a Miss Hobbs,, who is private secretary to the business manager. At one time Miss Hobbs was secretary to the then Governor of the State, and a considerable amount of his work was delegated to her on occasions. For ins!mice, determined trouble in one part of the State was settled by Miss Hobbs, who during lior service with the Governor was sent up there to close the saloons, and generally, play the part of a man in a similar position. Mrs Jackson is no figure-head as owner of the ‘Oregon Journal. She knows all there is to be known, about the management and distribution, of tho paper,' and explained that the first edition came out at 11 in the morning and the last at 11 at night. This final edition supplied country contributors with the very latest news for morning reading, trains and buses, as in New Zealand, being the means of distribution. Airplanes, said Mrs Jackson, were not sufficiently localised" in their travelling to be of "use as a means of delivering the paper.