"An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, 
Adams  and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical
Publishing  Company, Publishers, 1904. p. 837.

GALE SMITH is editor of the Washington Enterprise, a promising and newsy little
sheet published in Washtucna, Washington. Born in Danville, Illinois, November
13, 1876, he was the son of A. G. and Charlotte B. (Paige) Smith, the former a
native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York. The parents lived at
Danville, where the father, being a newspaper man and printer, founded the first
daily newspaper of that city. In 1890, he removed to Bloomington, Illinois,
where he still lives, and 1895 he retired from active business. During his life
the elder Mr. Smith has held many positions of honor and trust, and has seen
much activity in the field of politics.
     Mr. Smith has one brother, Paul, who lives at Walla Walla.
     Early in his boyhood Mr. Smith learned the printerís trade from his father.
He was educated in the public schools of McLean county, Illinois, and at the age
of twenty-one completed a course in a normal university of his state. Upon
leaving school he established the Morning Call at Normal, Illinois, in
partnership with his brother. Later he purchased his brotherís interest and
afterward also purchased the LeRoy Press. In 1903, Mr. Smith came to Washington
and purchased the Enterprise.
     During November, 1903, he was appointed United States commissioner and
during the same year he was appointed justice of the peace, both of which
positions he now occupies.
     Gale Smith is a prominent Odd Fellow of his town, and an untiring worker in
the rank and file of the Republican party.
     
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