The record-union., 1895-05-15
SACRAMENTO VALLEY EDITORS.
MEET AT WOODLAND AND FORM
a PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Members Pledge Themselves to Do
All in Their Power to Advance
the Interests of the Valley.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.

| Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
| WOODLAND, May l4.-The various edi-
| tors of the Sacramento Valley assembled
here to-day, and the whole population
has turned out to do them honor. The
ulian Hotel, which is the meeting place,
was decorated for the occasion. and the
various committees were kept busy in
receiving and showing the visitors abou!
| until the afternoon, when the meeting
was called to order at 3 O'Clock by w. II.
| Ellis of the Woodland Nult, and fully
twenty-eight newspapers of the valley
responded to roll-call through their rep
| resenta,ives.
| An organization was formed under the
| name OF the Sacramento Valley Press
Association, and the following officers
| were elected:
| President, w. Il. Ellis of Woodland;
| Vice. President, S. Boynton OF Oroville;
| Secretary, ID. G. Holt OF Rio Vista;
| Treasurer, j. L. Mcconnell of Woodland.
| Il. b. Willis. Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Resolutions. made the following
| report, which was unanimously adopted
Your Committee on Resolutions rec
ommend the adoption of the following !:
| "ResolUed, That the members of the
| Sacramento Valley Press League, indl-
vidually aud collectively. pledge them
| selves to do all in their power TO advance
| the interests Of the Sacramento Valley,
and TO secure the development OF its vast
| and varied resources.
'ResotDed, That the holding of large
tracts Of land under one ownership is an
| evil which tends to retard the settlement
and development OF the Sacramento Val
| lev, and that we will discourage such
/ land monopoly in every way possible to
the end that the lands in the valley may
| be divided into small holdings and thus
| advance the prosperity of all the people,"
The following resolution, introduced
by G.. *. McClatchy of Sacramento, was
unanimously adopted:
"WHEREAS, The paramount interests OF
the Sacrament to Valley lie in the preserya-
ton of its great river without danger to
navigation and without menace TO farms,
| "ResotUed. That the members of the
| Sacramento Valley Press Association
| dedicate their most earnest efforts gem
orally aud severally to obtaining all Gov
ernment aid that can be secured for the
preservation and improvement Of said
| river, and shall hattie continuously
| against any menace to that navigation,
no matter from what source it comes"
! The following resolutions were also
adopted:
"Resolued, That this association place
entirely in the hands OF the Executive
cooperative efforts at advertising the
Sacramento Valley.
| "Resotved. That the thanks of the Sac
ramento Valley Press League are due and
are hereby rendered to the Yolo County
Board OF Trade and to the ladies OF Wood
land, and TO the citizens of Woodland
| generally. for the cordial hospitality
which has been rendered to u.s."
| The remainder of the afternoon was
taken up by the informal discussion OF
! the advantages TO be derived from an Or
/ ganization OF Sacramento Valley papers.
The meeting then adjourned until to-
morrow.
During the evening the visitors were
driven around the city, and reception
was rendered by the ladies of Woodland.
Tomorrow. after the morning session,
| tho visitors will be driven out in the
country to all the principal points of in
terest, and the meeting will be brought to
| . close Ill the evening.