Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-15
EDITORIAL PARTY PAUSES
Northwestern scribes spend Half
Hour stOpOver in city OF
Omaha.

The editorial party from the northwest.
numbering sixteen persons, who will at
tend the convention Of the National Ed
itorial association at Hot Springs, Ark.
arrived in omaha over the Union Pacific at
4:45 Sunday afternoon and left thirty min
utes later over the wabash for st. Louis.
The party comprised the following: AL
bert Tozier Of Portland, Ore. editor OF the
Pacific Farmer, president Of the National
Editorial association; F. s. Harding Of
McMlnnvllle, Ore, editor Of the Telephone
Register, president Of the oregon Press
association, accompanied by his wife; A.
Y. Beach Of Lake View. ore. editor Of the
Examiner; F. B. Evans Of Paisley. Ore,
publisher OF the Post; VIII A. Steel Of
Alaska, editor OF the Nome CITY News:
Orno Strong of Tacoma, Wash. editor of
the West Coast Trade; G.. II. Fisher Of
Boise City, Idaho. editor Of the Evening
Capitol-News, accompanied by his wife;
Edgar Dewitt ellison Of Ritzville. Wash.
editor Of the Adams County News. accom-
panied by his wife: d. c. Britt Of Chelan.
Wash, editor Of the Chelan Leader. &C
companied by his wife and son; Colonel e.
A. Slack Of Cheyenne, Wyo.. editor of the
Leader; Mrs. George w. Perry OF Rawlins
Wyo, wife of the editor Of the Repub-
lican. accompanied by her sister; Joe Carl
Of Portland. Ore, cartoonist Of the Chroni-
Gle.
A delegation Of six from the Tri-Citv
Press club of Omaha, South Omaha and
Council Bluffs, made up OF I. A. Medlar. z.
o. McCune, f. s. Bradley. ]. B. Ryan. @. II.
Gillespie and Frank Wickizer. armed with
cigars for the men. flowers for the women
and a large quantity OF literature and
badges. met the party at Columbus and
escorted it to Omaha, meanwhile putting
in vigorous boosts for Omaha as a con-
~vention city, and urging the delegates to
hold their 1903 convention in this city.
Several of the wives Of the Tri-City men
met the women of the party at the depot,
and entertained them during the half hour
they were in the. city. e. Or Mayfeld and
j.. H. Tanner Joined the party here. and
will represent the Tri-City club at the Hot
Springs convention.
The delegates reported a very pleasant
trip, the only thing happening to mar IT
being the illness of the young son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewitt C. Britt. This COM
PEELED Mrs. Britt to stop off at Council
Bluffs. where she will be entertained for
a day or so at the home OF a relative.
John Freese.
VIII A.. Steel Of the Nome City News re-
ports everything prosperous in Uncle
Sans possessions in the far north. He
gets $40 a thousand for printing letter heads
he says, and everything else is in pro-
portion. Single copies Of his paper, the
News, sell for 1.-TWO bits" 25 cents.
A. Y. Beach OF Lake View and F. B
Evans Of Paisley. Ore, rode a blackboard
ITS miles to reach the nearest point on the
Union Pacific. where they Joined the rest
of the party. ION the way" said Mr.
Beach, I'VE had to work our way down
precipice 1000 feet in height to the Pla.
moth river, which is in Plamoth county
Oregon"
All the delegates expressed themselve!
as highly pleased with the reception giver
them by the Tri-City club members ant
their wives, and promised to shout fol
Omaha as the convention city in 1903.