It is possible that the Rustler was its antecedent, and there had been fourteen numbers of that paper previously issued.

The fight over the location of the county seat waxed warm during the first part of 1889, the Register fighting valiantly for Chappell, and the Journal, appearing at Big Springs, published by Mr. O'Day, fighting for Big Springs. The Register accused Mr. O'Day of being an importation for hire and indulged in divers personalities which were common the first years that newspapers were established in western Nebraska. Among the personal jibes at O'Day was an alleged bill for printing tickets. The bill ran into many dollars for tickets printed by the thousand alleged to have been for the purpose of stuffing the ballot boxes, and then two items for damages : "Damages to the press, $5.00. Damage to character, $.03."

Before starting the Register at Chappell, Mr. Morgan ran the Lodgepole Enterprise, which was established by Yensen and Mounts. Mr. Morgan bought Yensen's interest in the paper and became part owner. Later James Wolfe bought Mount's interest, and then Mr. Morgan's and transformed the Enterprise into the Express, which he owned and managed for twenty-five years. A history of this paper will be found in the history of Cheyenne county.

After the sale of his interest to Mr. Wolfe, Morgan together with Yensen came to Chappell and became identified with the life of the town. I'M Searles at this time had begun to bring land seekers from Ogallala to the Chappell locality to buy railroad land. It was geni rally -"Id at about seven dollars an acre, one tenth of the purchase price being in cash. Searles, who later became state auditor of Nebraska, inspired both Morgan and Yensen in the future of Chappell and the surrounding country. Yensen's primary object was to get into the real estate business, into which he soon graduated.