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Organized, 1886; named for Oliver P. Morton, United States senator from Indiana, 1867-1877; County seat, Richfield; area, 729 square-miles, 466,560 acres; population (1915), 1729; assessed valuation (1915), $3,437,195; resources and industries—building stone, gypsum, artesian wells, agriculture, grazing, and live stock. ELKHART Population (1915, estimated), 500; elevation, 3600 feet; established, 1913; industries—cement block works; telephones, municipal waterworks; is on the Santa Fe railway. Elkhart Discontinued TRI-STATE NEWS, independent; Eugene L. Smith and J. E. Burks, editors and publishers, Elkhart. Weekly. Apr. 29, 1915 + 1 vol. This paper is a continuation of the following: Richfield Republican, founded 1886 by Wardrip & Baker, editors and publishers; consolidated 1890 with the Morton County Monitor, of Morton, founded 1888 by Van Gundy Bros. Glen S. Van Gundy, editor, and ran as the Monitor-Republican; name changed in 1895 to Monitor-Republic, Ernest C. Wilson, editor and publisher; name later shortened to the Monitor. Taloga Star, founded 1887 by H. M. Gilbert; moved to Richfield in 1890 and name changed to Morton County Star, Star, with H. M. Worthington, editor and publisher; purchased by the Monitor-Republican in Oct. 1893; The Monitor moved to the new town of Elkhart in 1915, and changed its name to the Elkhart News; consolidated same year with the Elkhart Enterprise, early history unknown, first issue in Society's file being vol. 7, No. 4, Apr. 23, 1914, with J. E. Burks, editor and publisher; continued after consolidation as the Elkhart Tri-State News, Eugene L. Smith and J. E. Burks, editors and publishers. ROLLA Population (1915, estimated), 180; established, 1913; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway. MORTON COUNTY PIONEER, independent; F. B. Van Gundy & Son, editors and publishers, Rolla. Weekly. Sept. 6, 1912 + 3 vols. This paper is a continuation of the Pioneer, of Sid, early history unknown, no issues being in Society's collection; moved to Richfield in 1912, with F. B. Van Gundy & Son, editors and publishers; in 1914 moved to Rolla.
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