The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-28
GANG IS IN TOWN
A Good Attendance at the An
nual Convention.
THE ECLIPSE POSTPONED
A Letter of Welcome From Mayor Har-
rington = The Members VIII Visit
the Schools n Examine Cells
In the P~enitentiary.

The Montana Press association opened
its annual session In this city yes;er-
day with a good attendance from vari-
Gus parts of the state. A. Il. Keith, the
president, called the association TO order
at 9 o'clock in the afternoon in the
council chamber OF the city hall. Presi-
dent Keith made a few appropriate re-
marks. speaking OF the 18th annual ses-
sion as one likely TO be of grea; import
ance. The roll was called by Secretary
John McMurray and showed the fol-
lowing members to be present: w. w.
Anderson. w. w. Walsworth, A. b.
Keith. a. X. Yerkes. T.. ii. Cooney, l..
:. Wild. John McMurray, j. r.. Wild
myer. Charles Copenharve. NJ. NJ. Nil
Ter. Charles Heilbronner, III. Rosenz-
weig. D.. Searles and Charles ID. Curtis.
The chair appointed the following COM
mittees:
ON membership. r.. widmyer, f. H..
Cooney. ii. Rosenzweig.
on memorials-W. w. Anderson. ID.
Searles. Phil Julien.
on resolutions-A. X. Yerkes, Walter
Aitken. A. III. Mitchell.
on auditing-M. NJ. Miller. T.. +. But
Ter.
The committee on membership report
ed i'm favor of the following newspaper
men to become members of the associa-
tion:
Richard J. Oats. Tribune-Review.
Butte: Thomas II. Dunstan, Tribune
Review, Butte; Walter Aitken. Big
Timber Express; l.. G. olmstead. Big
Timber Pioneer; G. +. Wright, Great
Falls Leader; A. w. Meyer, Neihart
Miner: j. T.. Sheridan. Belt Valley
Times; w. NJ. Bole. Great Falls Tri-
bune; s. NJ. Roberts. Tribune-Review.
Butte; l.. r. Colby. Butte Miner; Frank
Conway. Sheridan Paper; Robert q.
Bailey. Review, Butte; L. j. knept, Bit
ter Root Times, Hamilton; +. III. He'll
bronner. High School Leader: NJ. J.
Geiger. Industrial Times. Butte; j. j.
Hammill, Standard. Butte.
The president read a letter from
Mayor Harrington. welcoming the men,
bers of the association warmly To the
city. and rendering a box OF cigars. An
invitation was received from j. V. Long,
president of the board OF school trustees,
inviting the association 10 visit the High
school building. The invitation was ac-
Cepted and the association decided To
make the visit at 4 o'clock this after
noon. The association also accepted an
invitation to inspect the new Hennessy
store. The association took a recess until
Z CLOCK TINS evening. During the pal
ance of the afternoon the newspaper
men visited the Hennessy building. took
the line to Walkerville and viewed Other
points of interest.
on motion of Mr.. Wedmyer of Glen
dive. IL was decided 10 postpone the
eclipse until 4 n. m. At I o'clock last
evening the association met n dis
cussed the matter of local and foreign
advertising and what advertisements
should be run free. IL any. This sub
ject vas discussed by Messrs. Anderson.
Yerkes. Walsworth, Rosenzweig. Nc
Murray and others. The time having
arrived for attending the theater. the
meeting was adjourned. The discus
sion will be continued this morning at
10 o'clock.
The afternoon session will begin at .
o'clock, when various matters Of inte-
est TO the newspaper fraternity will be
discussed. The public are cordially in
vited to the afternoon session and IL Is
sincerely hoped that they will sur
viVe.
The final business session will be held
this evening from Z To 3 o'clock, when
officers will be elected and Il will he de-
cided where the next meeting will be
held. The annual banquet will be given
at $3.50 o'clock this evening at the Nc
Dermott hotel. on Thursday morning
at IL o'clock a special train will start
for Deer Lodge to inspect the peniten-
tiary and other points of interest. The
special will arrive back in Butte at Z