WHEREAS, In 1903, two brothers, Milton and Thomas Harlan, started a newspaper in White Salmon, with Milton as owner and publisher, and Thomas as editor and manager; and
     WHEREAS, The Harlan brothers called their newspaper The White Salmon Enterprise; and
     WHEREAS, The very first issue of The Enterprise was dated May 8, 1903; and
     WHEREAS, The earliest issues of The Enterprise were published in a 10-foot-by-12-foot office behind the present newspaper office location on Jewett Avenue in White Salmon; and
     WHEREAS, Those earliest issues were printed on a 20-horsepower army press, soon to be replaced by a new Vaughan Ideal eight-column cylinder printing press; and
     WHEREAS, After serving one and one-half years as editor of The Enterprise, Thomas sold the newspaper to Ai Harry Jewett, a longtime resident of the area; and
     WHEREAS, The Enterprise survived the Great Depression of the 1930s, even though many other businesses closed their doors for good during this time; and
     WHEREAS, The Enterprise to this day provides local news for the people living in and near White Salmon and Bingen;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate hereby congratulate The Enterprise on its 100th birthday and pay tribute to all of the publishers, editors, reporters, and office staffers who have so ably served this newspaper over the past 100 years.