Daily Inter Lake

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Daily Inter Lake
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)Hagadone Media Group
Founder(s)Clayton O. Ingalls
Emma Ingalls
PublisherAnton Kaufer
PresidentClint Schroeder
EditorMatt Baldwin
Staff writers50
Founded1889
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Kalispell, Montana
Circulation 10,000
ISSN 2833-759X
OCLC number 12318410
Website dailyinterlake.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Daily Inter Lake is a daily newspaper based in Kalispell, Montana, the seat of Flathead County. It was founded in the former town of Demersville, Montana, in 1889 by a local couple, Clayton and Emma Ingalls, before moving to the new city of Kalispell two years later.

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The Inter Lake is part of the Hagadone Corporation's portfolio of newspapers across the Pacific Northwest. It is published along with multiple weekly newspapers serving communities in northwestern Montana.

History

On Aug. 23, 1889, the first of the weekly Inter Lake was published by Clayton O. Ingalls and his wife Emma Ingalls in Demersville, Montana. [1] [2] The newspaper was name the Inter Lake due to the town being between the Flathead Lake and Lake McDonald. The paper relocated to Kalispell in December 1891. [2]

In spring 1892, C.O. Ingalls grew ill and sold the Inter Lake to a stock company, with P.N. Bernard as editor and manager. It was back in the hands of the Ingalls family in 1893 after they purchased a controlling interest. [3] [2] R.M. Goshorn bought the paper on Jan. 1, 1895. [4] He expanded it from a weekly to a daily on April 13, 1908. [5] [2]

In 1913, the paper was bought by supporters of President Theodore Roosevelt and became a mouthpiece of the Bull Moose Party. [6] [2] William E. "Bill" O'Leary joined the staff in 1915 and remained at the Inter Lake for 59 years. Louis D. Spafford published a rival paper called Kalispell Bee before hired at the Inter Lake in 1916. Dr. Albert H. Howe bought the paper in 1919. After the Bull Moose Party disbanded, O'Leary and Spafford became co-owners in 1922 after Howe died. [7] [2]

Two decades later they sold the paper on Jan. 1, 1949, to Victor J. Morgan and  D.L. McDermott of The Dalles, Oregon. [8] Morgan and McDermott sold the business to Scripps League Newspapers on July 1, 1951. [9] In May 1976, Scripps and the Hagadone Corporation severed their partnership and Hagadone took ownership of six newspapers including the Inter Lake. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Death of C.O. Ingalls". The Anaconda Standard. March 22, 1898. p. 10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Miele, Frank (August 31, 2014). "From Demersville to Kalispell! | History of the Inter Lake as community newspaper spans thee centuries". The Daily Inter Lake. Kalispell, Montana. p. 47.
  3. ↑ "C.O. Ingalls Dead". The Inter Lake. March 25, 1898. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Notice". Mining and Railway Review. Butte, Montana. January 3, 1895. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "The Daily Inter Lake". The Western News. Libby, Montana. April 23, 1908. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "Notice". The Dayton Leader. Dayton, Montana. December 26, 1913. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Montana Editor Dies In California". Great Falls Tribune. June 5, 1956. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Kalispell Paper Has News Owners". The Montana Standard. Butte, Montana. Associated Press. January 4, 1949. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Scripps Buys Inter Lake At Kalispell". Great Falls Tribune. United Press. July 2, 1951. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "New Chains Cut Tie". Spokane Daily Chronicle . Associated Press. May 10, 1976. p. 2. Retrieved August 8, 2022– via Google News Archive.
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