 He worked as a reporter on the "St. Joseph" (Missouri) "Herald" and the "St. Louis Globe-Democrat" from 1888 to 1891, as managing editor of the "New Haven Register" in 1896 and 1897, and as news editor of "The Washington Post"" in 1898.To edit the "Tacoma News" he moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1898.He became editor and publisher of "Grays Harbor Washingtonian" (Hoquiam, Washington) in 1907.