Hark! Relic of McMinnville's past

See this photo -- taken by Mac News on Dec. 22, 2012. It's a McMinnville News-Register home-delivery tube, now a relic of McMinnville's past. The last N-R issue delivered via  "young carriers and adult drivers" to newspaper tubes and to porches (and so forth) was Oct. 31. The first delivered in U.S. Mail edition was Nov. 2. "First" is relative. Even when the newspaper had home delivery, some readers subscribed by mail.