Editing Drain, Oregon (section)

== Newspapers ==
The ''Drain'' ''Echo'' was the town's first newspaper. It was founded by E. W. Kuykendall<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Drain Nonpareil (Dain, Duglas [i.e. Drain, Douglas] County, Or.) 1901-1914 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96088028 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Drain Echo (Drain, Douglas County, Or.) 1885-18?? |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96088031 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> A decade later it merged with the ''Cottage Grove Leader'' in 1895 to form the ''Echo-Leader'' and ceased two years later. Miss Laura E. Jones started the ''North Douglas'' ''Watchman'' in 1898 and it was discontinued after three years.<ref name="turnbull39wheeler">{{cite book |last=Turnbull |first=George S. |author-link=George Stanley Turnbull |title=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers|History of Oregon Newspapers]] |publisher=[[Binfords and Mort]] |year=1939 |chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers/Douglas County|Douglas County]]}}</ref> The ''Drain'' ''Nonpareil''  founded by A. T. Fetter was published from 1901 to 1914.<ref name=":0" /> W. A. Priaulx founded ''[[The Drain Enterprise]]'' on May 4, 1922. The Anderson family bought the ''Enterprise'' in 1950<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 30, 1950 |title=Salem Printers Buy Drain Paper |work=The Oregonian |pages=24 |publication-place=Portland, Oregon}}</ref> and operated it for three generations until closing the paper in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=May |first=Caitlyn |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Returned: How Douglas County lost and regained its libraries |url=https://www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/beyond-the-margins/returned/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Oregon Humanities |language=en}}</ref>