The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-06-16

! Oeen discontinued.
MI. J. F. Williams, Corresponding
Secretary, reported that he had publish
ed, distributed aud sent to the Editor,
the proceedings of the last annua
meeting.
| On motion the Presldent was request.
ed to appoint committee of five to re.
port what would generally be consider
ed fair list of prices for job work and
advertising. The President appointed
Col. Lounsberry, Capt. Mckinney,
Mr.. Greene Of MINNEAPOLIS, MI. Moore
of St. Peter, Capt. I. H. Wood, .nd
| Mr.. F. Driscoll.
COUNTY HEwsPAPER HISTORIES.
Mr.. j. F. Williams in whose charge
had been placed the matter of obtain
ing county newspaper histories Of the
State, reported the following as having
been submitted by the persons sppoint-
ed:
Olmsted county-S. W. Eaton.
Wright county-Georgs Gray.
aenRepin county-(Unknovn.)
Wsseca county,. E. Child.
Stearns county-W. B. Mitchell.
Ramsey county Qncomplete) J. F. Will
iams.
Freeborn county-D. G. Parker.
The histories as far as complete we're
ordered to be published in the annual
proceedings.
A communication was received from
Col. J. Fl. Stevens of Minneapolis,
resrettins his inability to attend
and inviting the editors to o. K.
at the Minneapolis Horticultural Ear
on the 4th and 5th Of July.
The report of Fl. P. Hall, Treasurer,
was read and adopted.
The following officers we're unanim-
ously elected for the ensuing year:
President-w. B. Mitchell, st. Cloud
JOURNAL.
Vice Presidents-J. H. McKinny, Chat
field Democrat; J. K. Moore, St. Peter
Tribune; J. G. Devereux, ". r. Chronicle.
Treasurer-Fred. Driscoll, St. Paul
Press.
Recording secretary-W. Jay Whipple,
Winona Herald.
Corresponding Secretary-J. F. Williams.
Executive Committee-R. G. Mitchell,
Duluth Tribune; II. P. Hall, st. Paul Dis
patch; Il. W. Greene, Minneapolis Tribune.
Mr.. l. W. Webb rendered such num-
ber of carriages as might be necessary
to take the members on a.ride through
such parts Of the city as they might
desire, and at such time as they might
designate. Accepted for Wednesday
afternoon.
On motion of Mr.. Slocum the selec-
ton Of persons to deliver the Address
and the Poem at the next annual meet
ing was left to the President.
Thanks were returned to j. F. VIII
liams for the use Of the Society's
rooms, and to the St. Paul and other
daily papers for favors.
On motion,of a. P. Hal! the Cor
responding Secretary was directed to
correspond with the Iowa, Wisconsin
and Illinois Associations, with the view
Of forming Northwestern Advertising
Association, so as to become indepen-
dent of advertising agencies.
The Association then adjourned to
assemble on Wednesday morning at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms at 10
o'clock.
At eight o'clock in the evening tho
Association assembled At Ingersoll Hall,
to listen to the Annual Address and
Poem. The hall was we'll filled, there
being present, in addition to the Asso-
citation, a large number of ladies and
gentlemen. ..s--
The meeting was called to order BY
the President Of the Association, who
introduced to tho audience Mr. Lutte A.
Taylor, of the Ii Crosse Leader,} who
delivered tho Annual Address. Mr..
Taylor was received with enthusiastic
applause by the audience, who at fire.
ent:iutervals interrupted hn eloquent,
interesting and brilliant address,
which We publish in full below:
Mr.. President and Gennemen Of tie A..oei.
atioa:
Permit me to thank you for the hon
or conferred upon me by the invitation
to address you to-day. To be an edi-
tor, and worthily discharge the duties
pertaining to that position, is . high
homer Of itself; to be selected to ad-
dress a convention of such-to interest
and please the men whose daily study
is to interest aud please the public
the men who are familiar, not only with
all the topics Of public interest, but
who are ve1sed in the art Of presenting
them in an attractive form-to address
such men is indeed high honor, and
the honor is but the measure of tho
difficult task. But ss men who have
travelled over rough and perilous way,
know better than others the difficulty
Of the journey, SO you, gentlemen, who
in your most successful mental efforts
find your performance fall far below
your desires, will be more lenient crit
les than those who have never ielt the
glow Of hope and the pang of disap-
pointment t,
1t is an added pleasure to me that I
have the honor to speak il this goodly
city Of St. Paul. Though not a citi-
zen Of your State, the boundary which
has kept me from it IS but the breadth
Of that stream which is one of the
greatest arteries Of the continent !; and
for years past, with every mornings
sun I have looked upon your mounds
and prsiries, aud the .glories Of every
departing day have been effected back
from your hills,des, or mirrored in your
side Of the grand river which savers