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Early Los Angeles Newspaper A Legend In Printing And Publishing Industry

By: Matthew Paolini

Harrison Gray Otis, born on July 30, 1917 in Ohio, functioned as the second publisher of the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper is now the second-largest metro newspaper in America. Since its 1881 founding, the Times has been awarded 37 Pulitzer Prizes through 2004, including four in editorial cartooning, and one each for news reporting for coverage of the 1965 Watts Riots and the Los Angeles riots in 1992.

Otis was part of the Republican National Convention that put forward Abraham Lincoln for president. He was a volunteer in the Union army during the Civil War, serving in William McKinley's regimen. After the conclusion of the war, he worked in the publishing trade before relocating to California.

Working for smaller newspapers before joining the Times, Otis wrote editorials and news before buying a half interest in the paper, installing himself as president and editor-in-chief.

In 1898, when the Spanish-American War escalated, Otis requested that his former commander William McKinley, now the commander-in-chief, appoint him as Assistant Secretary of War. However, current Secretary of War Russell A. Alger didn't want Otis under him. So, Otis once again volunteered for the army and was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Philippines. Later, he commanded the 1st Brigade during the Philippine-American War.

At the war's conclusion, Otis returned to his job at the Times. His support for Los Angeles was pivotal in the later growth of the city. He was part of the San Fernando Syndicate, a group of investors who purchased land in the San Fernando Valley because of the knowledge that the Los Angeles aqueduct would one day provide water to it. Otis used his platform at the Times to panic citizens, with drought stories, to cast a ballot for the funding of the aqueduct.

Otis' home was one of the buildings targeted in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing. He was renowned for his conservative political views, which were reflected in the paper. Harry Chandler, his son in law - married to daughter Marian Otis Chandler � succeeded him as publisher of the Los Angeles Times.

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Matt Paolini is a beat writer for CityBook, the family-safe Los Angeles Yellow Pages, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles publishing consultants and services.

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