The Van Buren press., 1899-06-24
The Arkansas Press Gang.

On June 10th the quill drivers OF
Arkansas met at the hospitable city of
Hot Springs for the 27th annual meet
ing. The meeting was held somewhat
later in the season than is usually the
case as Secretary Jobe had made ar.
rangements for some OF the party who
felt 80 inclined to take an excursion to
one of America greatest natural
-Niagra Falls. Every courtesy
had been extended the members of the
Arkansas Press Association by the rail
roads to the members throughout the
state for reaching the place of meeting.
and their kindness was most highly ap-
preeiated; and as a result of this and
the assurance that hospitable welcome
awaited them the attendance was very
large and most successful meeting
was held.
Promptly ut II q. IN. the Arkansas
Press Association convened in the lobby
of the Eastman Hotel, the use of which
had been very kindly given by the
management of the hotel company. In
the absence of President Mitchell First
Vice President W. Theo. Smith called
the meeting to order. Later President
Mitchell arrived and delivered his an
mud address. which was as able an
exposition of the rights and duties of the
country editor as was to have been ex-
pected from so able man as President
Mitchell. He was followed by various
members in able papers on the various
phases of editorial work and the bust
ness management of newspapers, which
WAS ably participated in by the lady
members of the association. The elec-
tion of officers and other routine bust.
ness occupied the attention of the
members of the association until Friday
evening. During the stay there the
quill-drivers were generously enter
tanned by the citizens of Hot Springs
among them being reception at the
Arlington Hotel at which Mayor Belden
welcomed the members of the associa-
tion to the city, which was happily re-
sponded to by Bro. Anderson, of Walnut
Ridge, trolly ride through the city
was another pleasant diversion. The
bath houses had been thrown open to
the visitors and these and the many
points of interest about the city furnished
ample diversion during spare moments.
To Secretary Jno. R. Jobe are due the
thanks of every member of the associa-
tion for the thorough manner In which
he had made all necessary preparations
for their accommodation and welfare.
Mr.. Jobe lis certainly the right man in
the right place for secretary.
Friday noon the members boarded the
cars of the Hot Springs Railroad. some
for the return trip and some fifty to be-
gin their journey to Chicago, Detroit
and Niagra Falls. among the latter be-
ing your representative. Everything
possibly for the convenience of the
editors was done by the management of
the various railroads over which they
passed from and to the place of meeting.
are the thanks of those
members who attended the excursion
due Messrs. Allison. of the Iron Noun
tain system and Wood of the Wabash.
Mr.. A. accompanied the party as far as
st. Louis, while Mr.. Wood accompani-
cd them the entire way, doing every
thing possible to give them the most
service and which he was
most able to assure, being that his road
Is one Of their best equipped in the
east.
The journey was most pleasant. st.
Louis was reached Saturday morning.
when stop of only an hour was made.
From there the road lay through one of
the richest farming sections of the
world until Chicago was reached at 5
P. M. Here the party viewed the
sights of the Windy City until Sunday
evening. when the journey to Detroit
was begun, and we reached there Mon
day morning and that day were given
q chance to view the beauties of Gov.
Pingree's native town. That night the
journey was again begun. and q num-
Der of the excursionists were still sleep
ing when the train crossed the gorge of
river below the falls. The car
was taken through to Buffalo, and in
the afternoon was returned to Niagara
where for q day and half the excur-
sionists spent viewing the beauties of
the falls, some of them branching off to
Toronto for a short visit. The return
trip was begun Wednesday, but your
representative quit them there to make
a bike trip through "old York Stat"
of which mention will be made later.
The thanks of your representative are
due Secretary Jno. R. Jobe
of the association, and the manage
ment of the Iron Mountain system this
Hot Springs road and the Wabash road
c. ScHUPPE.
Syracuse. N. Y. June 10. 1899.