The age-herald., 1900-07-26
ALABAMA EDITORS
 IN THE WILD WEST
We Have Had a Delightful Trip"
 Rountree Writes.
PICTURES AND PERSONALS
And Some General Information That is Pleasing About the Travelling Ala bamians Who Looked Odd and
 For Buffaloes in Denver

''We have had a delightful trip and have been well taken care of in every way, writes Secretary J. A. Rountree of the Ala bama Press Association, under date of Dem yer, July 22.
 One of the Denver newspapers Of the 2Znd, after opening its story by reference to black felt hats, frock coats, and goatees," declares Ut was to the members of the Alabama Press Association" and so on, and then says:
 Tn the party is practically all that is notable in Alabama newspaperdom, with the exception of the president of the asso- citation, R. N. Rhodes, editor of the Bir- mingham News. who was unable to accom- pany the party. It numbers about 132 mem- bers, many of whom are newspaper women by profession, by marriage or by inherit ance."
 That particular newspaper contains cuts of Mrs. Robert Pearson, Mayor Westerlund of Frufthurst, Asa Rountree and his little son, "G. A Joiner, representing the Mont gomery Advertiser, tells why he is a gold Democrat" Senator Isaac Grant, and two or three comic figures, all well executed The paper says:
 Secretary Rountree is commercial newspaper editor. He publishes the Dixie Manufacturer in Birmingham, Ala. He thinks that Birmingham is the center of the iron trade of the world, and that there is a great future before it. We set the price of pig iron,' he says with pardonable pride.
 "'As a guest of the Press Association because I wanted to see the great West Judge H. A. Sharpe of the Supreme bench of Alabama is with the party. He has been two years in his present position, and was for sixteen years the Judge in the City Court of Birmingham. The Judge is lib- eral in his views on the race question, and believes that the negroes in the South have made great progress.
 The Denver News of July g contains por- traits of Miss Elizabeth Chairsel MT. Rountree and Mrs. Rountree and their son. all of Birmingham; Senator Isaac Grant, Miss Alyce Wiedman of Tuscaloosa, and "G. A. Joiner of the Tuscaloosa Adver- tiser."
 The News says:
 'Magnificentr was all that Senator Grant could ejaculate, when, after the party had breakfasted and repaired to the state house, the members stood on the front steps and looked toward the west The party unanimously coincided with the senator's views on the beauty of the scene, all but one young lady, who pouted dis appointment.
 Why, said she, T thought the noun tains just stuck up in the air like a straight wall, and here I don't see that they do it at all. I thought mountain peak was a place where a person could just stand on the topmost point and whirl around, and the tops of those mountains look round.'
 done the party scattered and spent the day riding over the city in trolley cars. The beauty and elegance of the city was a revelation to many of the travellers, and a disappointment to the hunters for buffa- 1oes and Indians, in which the party abounded. Instead of the rude mining cabins and mountain dugouts, the fine buildings and paved streets presented themselves to a gaze wholly unprepared for the sight.
 poet, the former, T. A. Levy of the Fork and Progress, and the latter, c. H. Greer of the Marion Standard. The latter gen. tleman is a prominent politician of the state and led the silver hosts during the campaign of 1S96."