were held by the paper's board of directors. The decision to go ahead was soon apparently so certain that tentative steps were taken to procure their own printing presses, but this ended suddenly with an announcement in June 1914 that the Päivälehti and the Siirtolainen, together with all their assets and printing facilities had been purchased by the temperance people. In explaining this bold move, the temperance newspaper board declared that they considered Duluth to be the best possible center in the whole United States for the home of a newspaper. The names Päivälehti and Siirtolainen would be retained - as well as the company's name, but with these papers in their hands, and with the proper utilization of them, the temperance people felt that they had a weapon which could advance their cause `with giant angel steps.' If many readers supported the move, the Pohjan Tähti, the official voice of the Eastern States Temperance League, opposed it with snide comments due possibly to a fear of competition. And the annual convention of the Middle Western Temperance League, held a month after the purchase, was so rife with dissension about the affair, too, that it was threatened with a split. However, it was not until two years later that the publishing program was terminated with the sale of the Finnish-American Publishing Company to Carl H. Salminen.

The Päivälehti continued to exist, then, as an important newspaper. Immediately after its move to Duluth it had begun to strengthen its circulation department, and the paper became available on newsstands and even on trains. It prided itself on its alertness and wide coverage, and when World War I broke out in Europe, the Päivälehti announced publication of a special Sunday `war extra' for a newsstand price of 5c the copy. Annual subscription at that time cost $5.00; classified ads cost 25c, or could be printed three times for 50c; larger ads cost 5c the line, obituaries cost $1.00 plain, $1.25 with a requiem verse, $1.50 with two more verses. In addition, the Päivälehti operated a bookstore.

The Siirtolainen also continued to appear, as a sort of weekly supplement, until 1938. After that time, the Päivälehti began to put out semi-annual magazines, at Christmas and midsummer. Salminen continued to own the Päivälehti for almost a quarter of a century. Then, after a brief period of ownership by a seven-man company, it was purchased in 1940 by the Raivaaja Publishing Company of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Elis Sulkanen arrived from New York to become editor, assisted by John L. Ollila and business manager Kosti Erlund. This change in ownership

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