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31-582: The Portland Evening Journal was first published on March 10, 1902. This newspaper began as a campaign paper owned by A. D. Bowen, with William Wasson as the first editor. However, within a few months the paper had floundered and was being liquidated. In July 1902, the Evening Journal , was taken over by C.S. "Sam" Jackson, who had been the publisher of the East Oregonian based in Pendleton . Jackson renamed

62-520: A 2003 conversion of that station to an oldies format. East Oregonian The East Oregonian ( EO ) is a daily newspaper published in Pendleton , Oregon , United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. The newspaper is owned by EO Media Group , which prior to January 2013 was named the East Oregonian Publishing Company. The paper is published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. As of 2013, its circulation

93-557: A FAIR newspaper and not a dull and selfish sheet – [and] a credit to 'Where rolls the Oregon' country." Sam Jackson served as the Journal's editor and publisher for 22 years, from July 1902 until his death in 1924. He was succeeded by his son, Philip L. Jackson , who, following his father's footsteps, ran the newspaper for 29 years, expanding into broadcasting. Under the Jacksons' leadership,

124-517: A columnist for The Oregon Journal , planted flowers in the hole and named it after his column in the paper, "Mill Ends" (a reference to leftover irregular pieces of wood at lumber mills). Fagan's office in the Journal building overlooked the median in the middle of the busy thoroughfare that ran in front of the building (then known as SW Front Avenue). The park was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day , 1976, as "the only leprechaun colony west of Ireland ," according to Fagan. Fagan told this story of

155-400: A joint strike edition, but while separate publication of the Journal resumed in 1960, its circulation never approached pre-strike levels. Although the will of C.S. Jackson's widow, Maria Clopton Jackson, had specified that the newspaper's stock should be transferred to its employees upon her death, the trustees of her estate challenged that decision in court. Eventually, the courts ruled that

186-507: A three-block-long structure on SW Front Avenue that had originally been constructed in 1933 as the Portland Public Market . That building was home to the Journal until the paper was acquired by Newhouse in 1961. The building stood empty and deteriorating until it was demolished in 1969; the site is now part of Tom McCall Waterfront Park . Archives of the Journal are maintained by The Oregonian . The firm's legacy lives on in

217-460: Is an extremely small urban park , consisting of one tree, located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon , United States. The park is a small circle 2 ft (0.61 m) across, with a total area of 452 sq in (0.292 m ). It is the smallest park in

248-653: The Oregon Journal in Portland . In June 2024, EO Media Group announced the East Oregonian will go from two to one print edition day each week. Moving forward, EO will serve as a regional newspaper for all of northeastern Oregon and publish news from five newspaper that went online-only: The La Grande Observer , Blue Mountain Eagle , Hermiston Herald , Wallowa County Chieftain and Baker City Herald . The EO

279-592: The Columbia River navigation channel to allow development of Portland as a major world port. The Journal ventured into radio, purchasing KOIN radio (AM 970) . In 1932, the Journal purchased its second station, KALE (970 AM) . In 1946 KOIN was sold to Field Enterprises , In 1947, the Journal became the first newspaper in the country to employ a helicopter on a regular basis to gather news photographs. On June 6, 1948, KALE became KPOJ, standing for, P ortland O regon J ournal. Also on this date KPOJ-FM (98.7)

310-535: The Journal competed with the state's major newspaper, The Oregonian , also based in Portland, with the Journal touting itself as the "strong voice of the Oregon Country." The paper was involved in a number of early 20th century crusades for reform, including better control of Oregon timberlands, adoption of the initiative , referendum and recall laws, direct election of U.S. senators, pure milk, and dredging of

341-421: The 1960s and 1970s. William Knight continued as publisher, retiring in 1971. Other key creative forces in the paper's final decades included Editor Donald J. Sterling Jr., columnists Dick Fagan (creator of Mill Ends Park , the world's smallest park) and Doug Baker, Sports Editor George Pasero and prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly . Under the terms of sale of the Journal by The Jackson Foundation,

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372-556: The Fagan family. One of Fagan's sons, Pat Fagan, lives in Gladstone and has enjoyed sharing the park with his own son. "He loves it," Pat Fagan said. "It's still the largest leprechaun colony west of Ireland." In December 2011, plastic army men figures and small signs were placed in Mill Ends as a tongue-in-cheek flash mob demonstration for Occupy Portland . One man, Cameron Scott Whitten ,

403-659: The Junior Rose Festival Court. In February 2006, the park was temporarily relocated during road construction to a planter outside the World Trade Center Portland , about 80 feet (24 m) from its permanent location. It was returned to its home—now named SW Naito Parkway—on March 16, 2007, in true St. Patrick's Day style with the Royal Rosarians, bagpipers, and the Fagan family, including Dick's widow, Katherine, in attendance. The legend lives on in

434-480: The UK, should hold the world record since it "has a fence around it" among other features. In response, volunteers erected a fence (several inches tall) around and stationed an "armed guard" in the park. In 2018, Portland Parks & Recreation installed a miniaturized park sign and planted miniature roses. In December 2019, the tree was cut down by an unknown vandal. However, the tree was soon replaced. As of July 2021,

465-399: The airwaves, as well: besides KOIN -TV (now owned by Nexstar and still a CBS affiliate), KOIN today is KUFO ; FM 101.1 is now KXL-FM ; KALE is KKPZ ; and KPOJ-FM is KUPL . The current KPOJ at 620 (a sports radio station since 2012) is unrelated in any way to the Journal and its broadcast division, and the calls were exploited in an unsuccessful attempt to mine nostalgia value during

496-462: The business and its operations. In this era, afternoon newspapers began their decline due to the rise of television, changing commuting patterns and other forces. The paper's economic vitality was further sapped by a lengthy strike against both Portland newspapers that began in November 1959, and by the competing Portland Reporter newspaper that was launched by striking workers. The newspapers published

527-584: The decades, including a swimming pool for butterflies—complete with diving board—a horseshoe, a fragment of the Journal building, and a miniature Ferris wheel , which was delivered by a full-size crane. On St. Patrick's Day, 2001, the park was visited by a tiny leprechaun leaning against his pot of gold and children's drawings of four-leaf clovers and leprechauns. The park continues to be the site of St. Patrick's Day festivities. The events held here include concerts by Clan Macleay Pipe Band, picnics, and rose plantings by

558-421: The leprechauns at Mill Ends Park are only visible to humans at midnight during a full moon on St. Patrick's Day -- and even then, only to children bearing four-leaf clovers as gifts. The next St. Patrick's Day full moon is March 17, 2041. Fagan died of cancer in 1969, but the park lives on, cared for by others. It was named an official city park in 1976. The small circle has featured many unusual items through

589-456: The newspaper was to remain under "independent editors until 1981". In 1982, the Journal ceased publication due to declining circulation and advertising revenues. Most Journal reporters and many of the paper's features were moved into a revamped Oregonian . The final edition of The Oregon Journal was published on September 4, 1982. The Journal was published at four downtown Portland locations during its 80-year history. From 1902 to 1912, it

620-434: The only person who could see the head leprechaun, Patrick O'Toole. Fagan published a threat by O'Toole about the 11 o'clock curfew set on all city parks. O'Toole dared the mayor to try to evict him and his followers from Mill Ends and threatened a leprechaun curse on him should he attempt to do so. Subsequently, no legal action was taken, and the leprechauns were allowed to stay in the park after hours. According to legend,

651-444: The paper The Oregon Daily Journal . In his first editorial as publisher of the Journal , on July 23, 1902, Jackson declared: "The Journal in head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing in the principles that promise the greatest good to the greatest number – to ALL MEN, regardless of race, creed or previous condition of servitude.... It shall be

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682-577: The park was "temporarily under construction as part of PBOT's Better Naito Forever." Construction was completed in January 2022, including a new sign. The park had moved six inches from its previous location during improvements along the Naito Parkway . The park's sole tree went absent during the January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm , a time when storms felled many trees in Portland. KGW noted that

713-438: The park's origin: He looked out the window and spotted a leprechaun digging in the hole. He ran down and grabbed the leprechaun, which meant that he had earned a wish. Fagan said he wished for a park of his own, but since he had not specified the size of the park in his wish, the leprechaun gave him the hole. Over the next two decades, Fagan often featured the park and its head leprechaun in his whimsical column. Fagan claimed to be

744-475: The provision was written in wishful, not binding language. In 1961 the trustees, believing that losses from the strike could bankrupt the paper and deprive the foundation of much of its principal, sold the Journal to The Oregonian 's publisher, S. I. Newhouse , for $ 8 million. This amount was twice the bid made by an Oregon group. Newhouse had acquired The Oregonian, Portland's morning daily, in 1950. Newhouse consolidated production and business operations of

775-505: The two newspapers in The Oregonian's building while keeping their editorial staffs separate. As a result of the Newhouse acquisition, publication of the Journal' s Sunday edition was discontinued. The company's radio stations were sold in 1961 to make way for the Journal's sale. The Journal never recovered the readership lost in the 1959 strike. Its circulation steadily declined through

806-510: The world, according to the Guinness Book of Records , which first granted it this recognition in 1971, though this title may be soon given to a 2022 park in Talent, Oregon , which is 78 sq in (500 cm ) smaller. In 1948 the site that would become Mill Ends Park was intended to be the site for a light pole. When the pole failed to appear and weeds sprouted in the opening, Dick Fagan,

837-506: Was 7,014; in 2020 it was 6,889. The paper maintains a bureau in Hermiston . The EO is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County. The newspaper was established in 1875 by M.P. Bull, as a weekly. In 1882, C. S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the EO . Within a year it had become a semiweekly, and in 1888, the paper was published every day except Sunday. Jackson went on to become the publisher of

868-440: Was arrested after he was asked by police to move from the sidewalk and refused. In March 2013, the park's tree was stolen. Officials planted a replacement tree, and one day later, a passerby found what appeared to be the stolen tree lying next to the new one. The next month, officials from Burntwood , England, complained to Guinness, claiming that Mill Ends was not large enough to be a park and that Prince's Park , smallest in

899-524: Was headquartered in the Goodnough Building at Fifth and Yamhill Streets. In 1912, the newspaper moved to a 12-story building it had constructed at Southwest Broadway and Yamhill Streets. (The iconic Portland building, now known as Jackson Tower , has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996.) The paper had outgrown that structure by the 1940s, and in 1948, the Journal moved to

930-473: Was launched. The Journal' s circulation peaked in 1948, with daily sales of 201,421 and Sunday circulation of 217,808. In 1953, Philip Jackson died from heart disease. William W. Knight , who had been the paper's legal counsel, was brought in as its new publisher. C.S. Jackson's widow, Maria Clopton Jackson, died just a few years later, in 1956. With the successive deaths of C.S. Jackson II, Philip Jackson, and Maria Jackson, no family heirs were left to oversee

961-646: Was the first-place winner of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence award in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Gordon Macnab: A Century of News and People in the East Oregonian 1875-1975 , East Oregonian Publishing Co., Pendleton, Oregon, 1975. This article about an Oregon newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mill Ends Park Mill Ends Park (sometimes mistakenly called Mill's End Park)

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