River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-08-17
Editorial Convention and Excursion.

The twenty-fiftE annual convention
of the Wisconsin Editors and Pub
| fishers Association convened at Hud-
son on Tuesday, August 8th, 1882, and
was one of the most largely attended
of any yet held.
The convention was called to order
by Hon. S. s. Fifield. President of the
| Association, when an address of well
come was delivered by Hon. J.. p.
Wetherby, to which Hon. d. w. c.
Wilson, of the Viroqua Leader, re-
sponded in behalf of the Association.
The election of officers for the en-
suing year resulted as follows: Presi-
| dent, Hon. S. s. Fifield, of the Ash
land Press; Secretary, Hon. L. d. Coe,
of the Whitewater Register; Treasur-
er, Hon. David Atwood, of the Madi-
son State Journal; with one Vice Pres
ident from each Congressional dis
trict, the one from the Eighth being
Charles F. Bone, of the Rice Lake
Chronotype.
| The afternoon was devoted to sight
seeing and an excursion on Lake St.
Croix and in the evening the literary
exercises were held, followed by a
grand ball in honor of the representa-
| tiyes of the press.
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ing the pleasure seekers babe adieu to
Hudson. where they had been most
Hospitality entertained, and started
for st. Paul where they arrived at
eight, the guests Of the st. Paul, Min
neapolis & Manitoba Railway Compa-
| ny. The Association is under espec-
ial obligations to this Company for its
| characteristic generosity in placing
at the disposal of the excursionists for
their trip to Fargo and other points
west, the handsomest train of palace
sleepers that ever left st. Paul.
Wednesday was occupied in de-
lightful lake excursion on Lake Min
netonka aboard Commodore P. s. Da-
Wilson's fine steamer the Belle of
Minnetonka, upon which sumptuous
dinner WAS served. At 4:30 O'Clock,
p. m, a bountiful repast was spread
| at the Hotel Lafayette at the conclu-
sion of which the eXcursionists took
| leave of the beautiful lake and took
| their special train for the north and
west, reaching Moorhead, Minnesota,
on the Red River of the North, at $3.50
a. M, Thursday morning, where they
we're breakfasted at the Grand Pacific
and met 10y areception committee from
Fargo, Dakota Territory, a booming
city just across the river from Moor
head. After breakfast drive around
the city was taken, continuing until
nine o'clock, when our special train
was again boarded for Fargo, where a
foamal reception was rendered at the
| Opera House. A pleasant drive
through the city was followed by din
ner at the principal hotels. After
dinner the eXcurslonists assembled at
the depot to take their leave and just
previous to their departure Gen. Fair
child in fifty chosen words thanked
| the citizens of Fargo and Moorhead
for the royal reception given the par
| ty.
Leaving Fargo the run to Grand
Forks was made in short time, the
train reaching the latter place at 500.
| Here bountiful repast awaited the
arrival of the excursionists after dis
posing of which carriages conveyed
the party about the city. Though
the stay here was brief the wide
awake citizens of this enterprising
city demonstrated their ability to en-
| terrain in a most hospitabe manner.
The party started at 9:40 p. m. on
their return trip, breakfasting at Os-
axis, Minnesota, Friday mOr0ing, ar
irving at st. Paul. where the excur-
sion ended, soon after noon.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
not members of the Association who
accompanied the eXcursionists were
Ex-Governor Lucius FaIrchild, Gener-
al Gibbon, of the United States Army,
Judge Romance Bum, of the United
States District Court, and Judges
Lyon and Cassaday, of the Wisconsin
Supreme Court.
The entire trip was characterized
by a continued series of Ovations and
banquets in which the citizens of the
several places visited spared no pains
to give their guests a most cordial
hearty thanks of the members of the
Association partaking of the gener-
GUS hospitality so freely offered, and
to James b. Power, Land Commits
sioner of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway Company, the es-
pecial obligations of the Association
are acknowledged for his kindly OIL
ces in it's behalf.
Within the brief space that we are
enabled to allot to this article it is
impossible for us to dwell upon the
wonderful resources of the Red River
Valley and the grand possibilities
awaiting Tits booming towns and
cities and the enterprise of its citi-
zens.
The meeting of the Wisconsin Press
Association for 1882 was a complete
success, and will ever be cherished
recollection to those who were so
fortunate as to he in attendance.
PRESCOTT PARAGRAPHs.--
Green corn is now in ord er.
Eddie Meacham has returned from