Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-08-24
WILL ENTERTAIN EDITORS.
Their Gathering at Spokane to Be
u Notable Event.

Spokane, Aug. 22.--Plans are nearly
perfected for the entertainment Of the
visiting newspaper men of the northwest
who will be in Spokane this week.
Never before has there been such a
gathering in the history of the country
The Oregon Press Association and the
Washington Press Association come here
for their annual meetings. Not as an as
ISOLATION but individually the editors of
Idaho come and before they go home they
will probably have effected the reorgani-
zation of their association From Mon
tana more editors will come, while from
British Columbia there will be a represen-
tative attendance Of bright newspaper
men.
The men who make the papers of four
states and province will thus be gath
cred together in Spokane for the three
days the session is to last. No such ex-
tensive assembly of editors was ever be-
fore attempted ON the Pacific slope.
As the visiting newspaper men and their
families come in on the trains Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning they will
be met at the depot and escorted to head
quarters which will probably be estab-
lished in the Symons block. There they
will register, be given badges and be u.s.
signed to rooms.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock bust
mence in the court house. The Washing
ton association will meet in one of the
court rooms and the Oregon association
in another. If a meeting place is desired
by the Idaho delegation it will be provid-
ed in the court house, close to the other
associations.
The morning business sessions will con-
tinue to noon, when adjournment will lie
taken to 2. The afternoon sessions will
continue to A p. m. During the afternoon
there will be q musicale and reception
at the Hotel Spokane, under the auspices
of the Ladies' Matinee Musicale, for the
visiting ladies. The arrangements for this
portion of the entertainment are in the
hands of Mrs. Arthur j. Shaw. who is
arranging delightful program.
From 6 to o'clock p. m. the newspaper
people will be the guests of the Spokane
Street Railway Company on trolley car
ride about the city. Story Buck, of the
general committee on arrangements, will
be commander-in-chief of the trolley ride.
/ Returning from the ride all the news
paper people will assemble at the Hotel
Spokane, where a general public reception
will be rendered in the parlors. 1t is
desired to make this an affair where the
visitors will meet the people of Spokane
No invitations will be issued, the under
standing being that general invitation
is extended to all.
Excursion on the Lake.
Friday will be spent chiefly on Lake
Occur d'Alene. At o'clock in the morn
ing the entire party will leave on the
Occur d'Alene train for Occur d'Alene
city, where the steamer Georgia Cakes
will be in readiness. She will take the
excursionists about the lake and will land
them at point near Harrison where
luncheon will be served. F. w. Strang,
|of the general committee on arrange
ments, is the man who has charge Of the
day. Returning the party will reach the
city in the early evening. Two plans have
been prepared for the Friday evening en-
tertainment. Circumstances will decide
which will be put into effect. One is to
hold joint open meeting of all the visi-
tors at the Auditorium, and the other is
to go to Natatorium Park for a BoheIn-
ian picnic. If the latter plan is followed
the general gathering at the Auditorium
will take place Saturday evening.
Saturday morning at O'clock fire
drill and tournament will be given by the
fire department near the Auditorium
building. A small building, to be erect
ed for the purpose, will be fired and the
department will make run and put out
the fire, then giving an exhibition Of the
working of the apparatus with which it
is now provided.
There will be several other interesting
features during the stay of the newspa
per men and women in the city. Every
thing possible will be done to make their
visit pleasant.