Lyon the present postmaster of Gordon, who takes an active interest in historical affairs, was owner. H. D. Leedom once owned it, and sold it to J. G. Clark. Clark sold it to the two Leedoms, who are the present owners.

The antecedent of the Journal, was the Sheridan County Gazette, established in 1884, by L. O. Hull. This was the first paper published in the county, and had it continued uninterruptedly to the present time would have been a year or more older than the Rushville Standard.

Hay Springs has two newspapers, the News and the Enterprise. These papers each have an age of about thirty-three years, both being started on their way in 1888. For many years Fred W. Johansen has edited and managed the Enterprise in a most capable and progressive manner. The News has had as its controlling head, the substantial intelligence of John C. Burton.

In the south part of the county, at Antioch, the veteran newspaper man, Frank M. Broome, was the man of the hour when the potash town wanted a paper, and the Antioch News was the result. Broome, as a public man and publisher, has had a lifetime of experience in western Nebraska. When 'Gene Heath left for other lands the old 'Gene Heath's Grip was passed to the stewardship of Frank Broome. The editor in chief during his whiil upon the sea of journalism, "exchanged" with the Grip, regarding it as one of the most valued weekly papers that came to his desk.