The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-12
QUITE BRIEF BUT BREEZY.
OKLAHOMA EDITORIAL AS
sociTICN IN SESSION
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE NAMED.
one OF the Larreft rrcss Meetings Eysr
Held IN tho Territory Colonel Olalicr
raIks TO the ouui showers on Irrl
ration--Next Meeting 60 be Held
nc shswneo--Tho Committee
Appointed

Brief was the adjourned meeting OF
the Oklahoma Press Association held
yesterday afternoon. but it was brec
and interesting Work was disposed
Of with promptncss and dispatch.
Nearly seventy newspaper people were
present and manifested much interest
ia the proceedings
w. Z. Bolton, the popular president
Of the association, called the meeting
10 order promptly az o'clock at the
McKeunon opera house and the active
and efficient secretary. Lon Whorton.
was present taking the minutes. Mayor
Farquharson delivered te address Of
welcome and spoke kind and upprccia-
tive words 10 the Faber-shovers. His
address was short. but it teemed with
good points NJ + w. Hoyt. OF the
Ponca City Courier responded in be-
half OF the association and cordially
thanked the mayor for his prescnta
tion OF the city.
President Bolton called mp the reso-
lutions, pertaining to proposed lcgis-
iaiion on newspapers and public print
ing. 10 was moved .hat the associa-
tion recommend the Kansas law re-
gardiug the continuous publication OF
newspapers fifty-two weeks. before
being entitled to do legal printing
This motion was vigourlously debated.
Frank McMaster moved that temper
ary suspension Of q paper due TO fire
or accident Injunction, etc, shall not
operate 10 invalidate legal publica-
tions in said paper for one week This
was amended to apply for reasons and
the origiOnal motions with the amend
ments finally prevailed The chair
was instructed to request the legisla-
tive subcommittee to work on the
lines expressed by The association.
a motion was made that all printing
Of public nature be let to the lowest
responsible bidder in the locality in
which the work is done. AS usual
McMasters stood in the support Of
this motion which was lost 1t was
moved and carried that the rates for
legal printing now on the atutes be
retained. The provisions regarding
legal publications were adopted as
amended.
The legislative subcommittee on
libel laws was Instructed on motion to
recommend the passage Of the Illinois
libel law to the legislature.
At this point the proceedings were
stopped and Photographic Swearin-
gen was called in TO take a group pie
ture Of the association Oac OF these
photos will be sent to Pointers and
West and South at kansas Cry
J. w Chapman offered Nae following
resolution, which was adopted
Resolved, That the app 'radou for "a
license for the sale Of rquars be pub
llshed IN "a paper. 7 there be ore iu
the town where such iIluo are 20 be
sold, and In the official paper of the
county.
COL II. L. Glazier. Of tbe Oklahoma
experiment station, being present be
was called on by the editors 10 deliver
talk on irrigation and to describe the
result OF the recent irrigation congress
held At Phoenix, Ariz. Col Glaciers
talk was terse and pointed and he con
elusively showed the need of uniform
irrigation in this semi-arid district.
The hour growing late, the literary
program was dispensed with entirely.
A letter from C. j. Barrett, Of the
shawnee Capital, was read, in which
he expressed regrets for his unavoida-
ble absence.
Shawnee was named as the next
place OF meeting IN May, the executive
committee 10 fix the date. There be-
ing no further important business, the
meeting adjourned until May.
The Legislative Committees
President Bolton announced the APP
pointment Of the following active leg.
islatve committees:
Subcommittee on continuous publi-
cation law-E w Hoyt, C. Hudson.
Lon Whorton, l.. g. Niblace and w
T. Hatfield W
On libel law " Admire, Franz
McMaster, I. J. Palmer. r. s. Hcusley
and J. Z, Quien.
On county legal advertising rates
H. {. Chapman Frank Greer, NJ l..
Bixler, A. c, Dolde and o. w. Meacham
New Members Admitted.
The following new members were
admitted:
Arthur Whorton, Perry SeuIuc.
ii. c. Chapman, Okene Eagle
w. l.. Hatfield. Alva piouper