Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-02-21
EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Meet in Bismarck Largest Attend
ance in the History Of the
Association.
evsrA1 Paper Read and Valuable
Suggestions Offered about
Conducting Newspapers.

The annual meeting of the North Da-
Press association held in Bismarck on
Tuesday, Feb. I2. The first session met
in the parlor of the Northwest hotel.
President E. H. Kent called the meet
ing to order, and Secretary Thorson re-
ceived the dues from the members to
keepthem in good standing.
The program committee had arranged
for the following papers to be read:
What Does 1t Cost to Make News
paper?" H. c. Plumley, Forum.
The ..ewspaper and the Politician"
Grant S. Hager, ST. Thomas Times.
THE Legal Hog" Warren A. Stick
ney, Wells County News.
"A Prairie Breeze" James w. Foley,
Jr.. Bismarck Tribune.
Row to Maintain Advertising Pat
ronage." S. F. Mercer, Lari1nore Leader.
Newspapers in General" Dan E. 4
Richter Larimore Pioneer.
The Early Newspapers of North Da-
kota." Col. c. "A. Lounsberry, The
Record
The Value of Advertising" COL C.
A. Morton, Fargo.
The Exchange Table" Alex R,
Wright. Dickey County Leader
what Constitutes the News" Mrs. S.
"Flickertail Journalists Who Have Be-
come Famous Miss Florence Bosard,
Grand Forks Plaindealer.
Woes and Pleasures of the City Ed
itor." S. P. Donahue. Jamestown Alert.
Legislative Reporting" Joe D. Scan
Ian. Grand Forks Herald.
Ready Prints" M. B. De la Berc,
the Sheldon Progress.
The Country Newspaper of the Pres
ent Day" W. ]. Hoskins, Turtle Noun
tain Star.
How to Increase the Subscription
List" Mrs R. B. Doherty, Nelson
County Independent.
kicks and Queries" The Full Choir.
All matters of legislation of interest
to the fraternity were referred directly
to the legislative committee of the asso
) citation A committee on resolutions was
appointed consisting of Messrs. Carruth
of Grand Forks, Gushing of Fargo and
Bassett of Valley City
The executive committee was author
led to deal with the matter of order of
business.
L. d. McGahan extended to the men,
bers of the association an invitation
from Mayor and Mrs. Paterson that the
association be their guests at a banquet
the Northwest that evening. The in
vitation was accepted with a rising vote
of thanks.
The summer meeting of the associa.
ton was discussed and it was referred
to the executive committee, recommend
ing that it be held at Devils Lake, July
9 and 10.
Major Edwards proposed the names
of Mrs. deLendrecie and Miss Fern Lin
coin of Fargo. as members of the asso-
citation and they were received, their
dues being RENTED on formal motion
An invitation from Governor and Mrs
White was presented by Editor Jewell
to a reception at the executive mansion
for Thursday evening if the editors could
remain over
The convention adjourned at noon for
lunch and then the members, legislators
and prominent citizens joined the excur-
sion rendered by the B. w. & G. F. rail-
road to make trip to the Wilton coal
mines, twenty-eight miles north.
The printers dance at the Athenian
was largely attended and the vast crowd
enjoying it testified to the popularity of
the boys of the Typographical Union
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The Wednesday morning session was
devoted largely to the reading of the
papers. They were uniformly good and
well presented.
The committee of resolutions pre-
scented their report, thanking the rail-
roads for courtcsies extended, to the
members of the legislature for their
kind feeling extended toward them; for
courtesies from Senator Little; for Mrs.
W. F. Cushing's remembrance for per
sonal attention extended them by Gov
ernor and Mrs White, and Mayor and
Mrs. Patterson; to Warden Boucher sor
the pleasure of a visit to the twirc
plant in the state Denitentiarv; endorsed
the application of Capt. w. P. Moffet of
the Bismarck Settler, for cantaincy in
the regular army; also protesting against
the u. S. government furnishing printed
stamped envelopes
Governor and Mrs. White rendered
them a reception from q to p. IN at
the executive mansion
The following newspapers were rep
resented:
Aneta Panorama, L. L. Long; Buffalo
ems; Cando Herald, Jas. Fogerty; Cas-
selton Reporter, Franklin Potter; Coop
crstown Courier, Percy Trubslnaw and
wife; Crary Courier. E. M. Crazy; Dew
lis Lake Banner, D. F. Bangs; Ellen
dale Leader, A. r. Wright; Enderlin
Independent, C. H. Potter; Fargo Ar
gus, John Pollock; Fargo Forum. A.
W. Edwards; Fargo Budget, Frank Nc
Donald; Fargo Osteopath, Mrs. Helen
deLendrecie; Fargo Fran, T. Oftelie
Fessenden News. w. A. Stickley; Finley
Beacon, Geo. Montieth; Grafton News
and Times, Mrs S. E. Bates; Grafton
Record, A. L. Woods; Grand Forks
Herald. E. E. Rorapaugh, J. D. Seaman +;
Grand Forks Plaindealer, E. C. Carruth
and wife, Miss Florence Bosard; Grand
Forks Normanden, P o. Thorson; Ha-
vana Herald. f. J. Carlen;. Hillsboro
Times. w. w. Tousley; Hunter Herald
J. B. Macarthur; Jamestown Alert, 5
p. Donahoe; Lakota Herald. E. IT,
Kent; Larir1ore Leader. S. F. Mercer