Newspapers report the encounter started with Thompson apologizing to Thomas for spitting in his face, which was not accepted. Two days later as Thompson was stepping out of his office, he was confronted by the Gale brothers in downtown Roseburg on June 11, 1871. Bystanders quickly separated the two before a full-on brawl could develop and Thomas Gale stormed off. However, newspaper accounts report Thompson spat in Gale's face and slapped him. Thompson writes in his memoir that Thomas Gale tried to draw a pistol, but Thompson grabbed his hand and slapped him in the face. The inciting incident occurred when one Saturday Thompson ran into Thomas Gale at the post office. This escalated tensions between the two papers. The new government favored The Plaindealer with lucrative public-notices. That same year Democrat La Fayette Grover was elected Governor of Oregon, ending an eight-year run of Republican governors. Thompson's paper was founded in March 1870 after he had sold his Eugene City Guard in Eugene for $1,200. The Republican Gales were bitter rivals of southern Democrat William “Bud” Thompson, the publisher and owner of The Plaindealer. In September 1871 their newspaper plant was destroyed in a fire and would resume publication on January 6 the next year. The first issue of the four-page weekly came out on May 28 for the price of $3. Gale, two brothers from Eugene, on April 30, 1867. The Roseburg Ensign was the original predecessor of The News-Review. The circulation area covers most of Douglas County including Canyonville, Glide, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Roseburg, Sutherlin, and Winston. The News-Review is a five-day-a-week community newspaper published in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. The News-Reviewģ45 NE Winchester St., Roseburg, OR 97470 For the defunct British magazine, see News Review.
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