The Pacific Christian Advocate, launched at Salem, Oregon, September 1, 1855, was the invention of editor, Rev. Thomas Pearne who desired to start a religious weekly in Oregon. The newspaper was moved to Portland after only a few months, then to San Francisco where it was discontinued in 1930. According to its first issue, the Advocate defined its purposes and policies under its name plate by proclaiming that it was “Devoted to Religion, Temperance, Agriculture, Education and General Intelligence.” According to Turnbull in History of Oregon Newspapers, this was to be a “weekly journal, neutral in party politics . . published every Saturday morning. . . for an association by A.F. Waller, J.L. Parrish, J.D. boon, C.S. Kingsley, H.K. Hines.
    Also according to Turnbull, the Advocate, like several other papers of that period, leaned too heavily on volunteer contributions for its news; the weakness of its own reporting was also reflected in the scarcity of high-grade material of the type its publishers so earnestly desired. Hence, the decline and eventual discontinuance of what undoubtedly would have been a most promising and valuable religious newspaper of its kind in Oregon.
    Now that you have a little background on this great newspaper,  I hope that you enjoy reading its many interesting articles on your own computer as much as I do on mine.