[3] A stock company was organized in March 1875, with James J. Ayers and Joseph Lynch as directors and proprietors.

[4] In 1873 the editor was James J. Ayers, who resigned in October to run for Los Angeles justice of the peace, stating that it would be incompatible to do both jobs at the same time.

[9] The "name, goodwill and business" of the Los Angeles Evening Express was sold in 1884 by Ayers and Lynch to H.Z.

"[10] The resulting newspaper was the Evening Express and Republican, published daily except Sunday, with the subscription rate of 15 cents a week.

Osborne came to Los Angeles from Bodie, Mono County, in May 1884 and bought the Republican, an evening newspaper that had been started by the Herald.

[3] In 1886 a stock company was formed, led by Osborne, as editor, Cleveland and John M. Davies.