Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-07-15
EDITORIAL EFFORTS
To Drive Dull Care Away and
Enjoy a Short Season of
Well.Earned Re.
creation
Result in q Very Pleasant Re.
union of tire Fraternity at
Livingston and the
National Park.

EDITORIAL ANTICS.
How the Sixth Annual Meeting Of the n.
p. was Observed.
Once more the editors Of Montana
have met in annual session and COM
bined business with pleasure, the pro-
portion being about one.fourth Of the
former to three-fourtbs OF the latter,
though in the amount of business
transacted this year. tke meeting was
q great Improvement on Its predeces-
sors. The meeting wss held at Liv-
ingston and convened on Thursdsy,
July 10th, the afternoon Of that day
being devoted to business ssssiou, O.
wss most Of the next day. A feature
Of the afternoon session Of the second
day was the reading Of papers devoted
to the business interests OF the pro,es-
sion by David Marks. manager of the
Helena Independent, and 9. Gordon Of
the YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL. John
B. Read. editor Of the Butte Inter.
Mountain, was the historian aud con.
tributed lengthy and very Interest,"
lug resume Of the incidents Of the
past year % related to the newspapers
OF Montana. Mr.. Read has Q veil.
spring Of humor and his treatment Of
his subject was particularly interest
ing to those who were actors In the
field. Jas. N. Quinn, Of the Butte
Miner, read su original poem entitled
"Tbe Genius from the East" relating
the experiences Of au alleged journal
isi from the east Who came west to
take charge Of . western newspaper-
one of the fellows who knew it all
and who met with the usual tate. The
poem, an exceedingly lengthy one. wa
written on the day II was read, and
Notwithstanding that II was denied
the usual pruning and polish accorded
to such productions, II proved to b
the brightest. wittiest and most en-.
tertaining poem that has heen seen In
print for many day. It may be ouI
good fortune to reproduce II, but at
last accounts the original and only
Danusoript copy Of II was Lost and II !,
possible that IL may never zee the Iighl
OF day. Mr.. Quinn will be remem-
bered by many people in eastern Mon
tans through bis long copue ection will
the Bismarck Tribune, on which pa.
DER he made . national reputation
About two months ago he becam,
connected with the Butte Miner q
city editor and was subsequently pro
moted TO the position Of editor II
chieI. It 10 not fisetery to say that b,
10 one Of the brightest and most abl,
newspaper men In the state and %
cisliy . most valuable acquisition 4
the Montana Press Association.
The business session Of the essocls
tion closed With the literary exercise
above referred 10 In the afternoon o
Friday. Immediately succeeding thi
the Livingston committee Of arrange
ments plaosd at the disposal Of th
visitors, number Of carriages In whicl
the city and vicinity was taken In 70
gal style. In the evening q banqus
wss given at the Albsmarls Hotel Q
which the member OF the Pres Al
sociation, their ladies. and citisens O
Livineston IN the number Of two hun
dreu sat down and enjoyed feast got
ten up In Manager Callahan's be-
style. This vas succeeded BY the usu
| al display Of oratorical pyrotschnie
contributed by everybody that va
suspected Of being able 10 articulat,
On Sunday morning sll but few {
the editorial party, together with
Q number Of Livingston people, ,dspAr'
ed for Q short trip into the NatiopI
Park, the objective point being Il
Mammoth Hot Springs. Ample tran
portation for the trip was placed ct q
disposal Of the party by the Northez
Pacific pilroad. and Mr.. Geo. WAX
neld, and II was made with mud
pleasure 10 the exoursionlsts, some
whom entered the Park for the d
time. The original program he'd n
contemplated going any further In
the wond dsrland then the Mamno
Hot SPRING., and thougha . few svaI
q themselves cf the opportunity
Zee the whole show the maiogi
lssopped at that point Az the Ma
n moth Hot Spring. the party W
, completely dispossd Of In the spasle
hotel and aflse ths CRIME and duse
travel was removed . rssonnclsaaz
In foros vas mads 4 ths spqnQ.
. sbsut thrss hous ssns ssvsa nilB
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