The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24
QUILL DRIVERS TO meet
PROGRAMME IS ARRANGED
Negotiations in Progress Relative to an
Excursion to the Omaha EXPOSE
tion-Short Papers viii
Be the Rule.

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meet in Butte late in June. the day of
converting to be announced later. The
exact date will be decided POI as soon
as the question of an excursion Is def
initely settled. Last year. when the
newspape boys were in Salt Lake. a
project was undertaken looking To "A
union of the journalistic forces of Utah.
Idaho, Washington and Oregon i'm a
grand excursion via ocean steamer
from Seattle TO San Francisco. The
matter was aiken in han by the pres
ident of the Montana association. but
IL was finally found necessary to give
up the plan on account of the inability
to charter a steamer. he
trade absorbing all available vessels.
With the abandonment of this enter
prise the cooperation of the several
states served no purpose. and each as
ISOLATION will meet in the regulation
way.
An invitation to the Montana asso-
citation was issued by the organization
in Washington to meet with the press
gang of that state i'm October. but as
the state campaign will be on in earn
est at that time. the courtesy could not
be accepted. So the newspaper men of
Montana will meet according to pro-
gramme I'm Butte. enjoy the hospitali-
ties of the good people of the city and
avail themselves of sucn recreation I'm
the way OF an excursion as may be pro-
vided.
The suggestion of the president that
a visit be paid the International expo
sition at Omaha has apparently met
with general favor. and negotiations are
now on to that end. III satisfactory
arrangements can be made a special
train will convey the newspaper men of
Montana to the exposition city for a
few days recreation after the business
features of the annual meeting shall
have been attended to in Butte. Rail-
way officials will be interviewed as to
the project. and Mineral Commissioner
Sutherlin will be consulted as to its
feasibility. An early visit to the big
Omaha show would doubtless prove of
great interest TO the fraternity. and IL
Is to be hoped that the plans of the as
ISOLATION will mature.
The following are the officers of the
state press association: President. A.
II. Keith, editor Western Mining World:
secretary, join McMurray. editor Ana
conda Recorder; historian. w. w. AL
derson, editor Bozeman Avant-Courier:
first vice president, II. O. Collins, editor
Missoula Missoulian; second vice presi-
dent, NJ. w. Hatch. editor Townsend
star. The position of third vice presi-
dent was left vacant by the death of
the late Chauncey Harris of this city.
N NJ. j. Geiger, edito of the Butte
Home Industry, was appointed.
The following executive committee
will look after the local arrangements
for the forthcoming meeting and pre-
pare for the reception of the press
gang:
w. w. walsworth. chairman. editor
Butt department Anaconda Standard:
John b. Read. editor Inter-Mountain;
NJ. NJ. Miller. general manager Butte
Montana Journal: l.. o. Leonard, editor
Railway Review; has. Heilbronner,
manager Western Mining World; Guy
X. Piatt. manager Bystander.
If the usual course is pursued. the
chamber of commerce or the mayor will
appoint a citizens COMMITTEES to coop
crate with the press committee i'm ar
ranging for the entertainment Of the
Relative to the literary features of
the annual meeting, President Keith
says: 1T has been customary To invite
"A few of the more prominent members
of the association to read papers on
subjects of current interest. While
many of the brightest minds ON the
weekly press of the state nave been
overlooked. there are a good many
newspaper men i'm this state who could
creditably nil prominent positions ON
the daily press. but who are compelled
by circumstance to diffuse their versa
tile intellects over village newspaper
enterprises. from washing rollers to
solving the great problems OF govern
ment at two oila a year. This year
We want to hear more from the boys
on the country press. believing they
have much of value and interest to say.
as well as from the wheel horses of the
n To accommodate more articles
"A time limit viii be placed OF bel
mental effort. After practicing the art
of condensation throughout the year.
il is hardly necessary for an editor to
prepare a paper that will exhaust his
subject and an audience at the same
time. Different phases of the same
topic can be treated by different men
with greater intelligence and more in
terest Short papers and more OF them
will be the literary scheme hts trip,
thus consuming no more time han IL
ordinarily devoted TO such purposes.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.