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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20
THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20 1902.
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

,dedicatory ode by Franklyn w. Lee of the
st. Paul Daily News The president then
delivered an impressive speech, present
ing the completed structure to the state.
Senator Henry Keller on behalf Of the
state, accepted the building, recounting
the legislation which had been secured,
and some of the glories OF Minnesota.
Frank j. Mead OF the Minneapolis
Times, Senator j. w. Craven Of the Nor
gum of the Preston Times, Messrs. F. w.
Lee and H. P. Hall made addresses Of a
dedicatory character.
Commissioner George N. Lamphere of
the MoOrhead News responded in the dual
capacity of edit or and commissioner, and
was followed by Commissioners Jay La
Due of Rock county and A. L. Ward of
Martin county. Superintendent L. P.
Hunt of the lMankato Free Press also
spoke in his dual capacity, and Captain H.
A. Castle of st. Paul made the concluding
address in behalf of the editors.
President Johnson had provided choice
bottle Of wine, which Mrs. 0. l.. Lienau
broke and sprinkled upon the broad stair
way leading to the parlors, pronouncing
as she did SO the dedication complete.
The exercises concluded with the singing
of America"
The dedication was made so impressive
that it proved as the edit ors intended it
should, the only dedication the building
received. Governor Nelson was SO we'll
pleased with the proceedings that he
practically ratified them by the indefinite
post ponement Of the state program and
accepted the higher editorial law as off
cial." - .......
1t was (. happily conceived, and like all
undertakings Of the association, we'll exc
cuted ceremony
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There We're the usual welcoming addresses
and an address Of G. G. Whitney, presi-
dent OF the association. The treasurer s
report showed that 1T members had paid
their dues and balance Of $507.41 was
left In the treasury. Papers were read
BY Tams Bixby of the Red Wing Repub-
.lican, Frank A. Day of the Fairmont Sem
tinel, ELLEN Marie Adams of the Fergus
Falls Journal, Ed A. Paradis of the Mid
way News, George Dodds of the St. Paul
Dispatch, Miss Mamie A. Star of the
Tracy Trumpet and c. w. Stanton of the
Appleton Press.
The social side was banquet at the
Windsor hotel given by the St. Paul COM
mittee of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. General e. G. Mason, chairman OF
the committee, presided, and Captain A.
H. Castle was postmaster. There were
numerous speeches, and the banquet was
very enjoyable. The election of officers
resulted as follows:
nal Press.
First Vice President-George N. Lamphere,
Moorhead News.
Second Vice Presidents. A. Langum, Pres
ton Times. q" z.,
Third Vice Presdent-W R. Edwards,
Tracy Republican.
Secretary-Bronson Strain, Battle Lake Re-
view.
Treasurer-David Ramaley, A. O. U. w.
Guide, ST. Paul.
Executive Committee-C. P. Slime. NORTH
western Printer, St. Paul; c. c.. Whitney,
Marshall News Messenger; H. P. Hall. st.
Paul.
Inc summer meeting was held in Sep
TENDER and consisted of trip to Mackinac
island, going to Duluth by the Eastern
Minnesota road and from Duluth to Macki-
nae island by the steamer North Land.
The editors were indebted to the courtesy
OF ]. j. Hill for the use of his splendid
steamer, and he also accompanied them in
person. The trip was one of the most de-
lightful and restful the editors have ever
enjoyed
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~ - By Lrving Todd Hastings Gazette.

when collecting material for this article,
the writer had always supposed this edi-
ton to be the first patent inside ever is
sued in the northwest. 1t certainly was
the only one to the knowledge of the
printers Of his acquaintance. The laws
did not quite fill both pages, several COL
umns of reading matter being inserted at
the Madison office to fill the remaining
space.
Among the forgotten overflow of our
library was resurrected a volume entitled
Kellogg's Auxiliary Hand Book, published
in 1878 and long since out of print, in
which A. N. kellogg, the compiler, claims
to have antedated this publication by
eight or nine months. Mr.. Kellogg was
publisher of Tho Republic at Baraboo,
Wis, and in July, 1861 his patriotic jour
enlisted, leaving him without help. He
sent an order to The State Journal for a
half sheet to fold with similar one of his
own, but the incongruity of having the
paper in two pieces struck him quite forci-
bly,, and the next order was for two pages
printed upon one side Of a full sheet in
stead Of upon both sides of the half. The
date of this issue is given as July 10th,
and the facts in his statement are verified
by the signatures of eleven we'll known
publishers, most of whom are now dead.
The following year several other papers
adopted the scheme, Atwood & Rublee
having a list of about thirty in 1853 which
they were supplying weekly. But they did
not push the matter as they might and
should have done had not both proprletors
been engrossed in politics, and the bust
ness eventually slipped out of their hands
into other channels. In passing it may be
stated that The State Journal is now
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In December, 1861. Lutte A. Taylor, then
publisher of The Journal at Prescott,
Wis, returned OF his old home in New
York to spend the winter, leaving the pa
per in charge of ". r. Gates as foreman
and business manager. the writer ed
itor compositor, and Droofre adler, and a
boy whose name is not now rene nlberei
as devil. We three constituted the entire
force of the Office during his absence, The
Journal was a seven column folio, rr,n-
ming an average of five columns of read
ing matter on the inside and nine on the
outside, set in long primer, the nmner
Gus le.als and other advertiser ents in
BREWER and the tan lists, of which there
were two q year, in nonpareil. the plant
consisted OF Washington hand press
and fair but not large assortment CT
body and display type, with a few metal
and wood fonts for handbills. AS all the
job work had to be done on tho hand
press, and there was considerable of it,
the getting out and mailing of the rot
overly large edition every Wednesday
taxed our resources to the utmost.
Bill Gates. as he was Familiarity known
to every one In the st. CrOiX Valley, was
q first class printer and all around man,
capable of turning Oft lot Of work in cases
of emergency He afterwards removed
to Saltwater as an emrloye Of The Gazette,
and died, there Aug 18th, 1897. The
editor pro tenn had an experience of sew
eral years in country printing offices, was
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pioneer in Minnesota, dating from April,
1871. He was then publishing The Dis
patch, which issued a seven column half
sheet Of literary matter on Saturdays as
e. supplement- At the request Of o. 5.
King, publisher of The Advocate at Fer
gus Falls, he reproduced the two pages
upon one side of sheet, upon which Mr..
King printed his own outside pages. The
charge was forty cents per quire. This
set Mr.. Hall to thinking and investigat-
ing, and the following year he started in
regularly, continuing the business about
ten years, when he sold to the Western
Newspaper Union, afterwards absorbed by
it's rival, the Northwestern Newspaper
Union, established by The Pioneer Press
people in 1879. After leaving The Globe
the cooperative plan, which did not prove
financial success owing to fierce compe-,
tition, and the Kellogg list in Minneapo-
lis is the result of his second venture.
The later history Of the auxiliary sheet
is so we'll known that 1t Is unnecessary to
enlarge upon the subject. Extensive
plants have long been maintained at trade
centers, furnishing every conceivable,
style of sheet to their daily and weekly
patrons It is estimated that the eleven
companies have eight thousand upon their
several lists There Is no doubt that
many of them are enabled to issue better
papers than they otherwise might do.
The evil consists in the multiplication OF
weak and struggling concerns in localities
where legitimate newspaper could not
exist, and the diversion of more or less
patronage from those rightfully entitled
to it, Irving Todd,
Editor OF The Hastings Gazette :
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and racy matter containing the views Of
the senators on the Alaskan Indian ques-
ton. I went down to the News business
Office about II o'clock Sunday morning ami
Mr.. Hall was there-talking with the late
e. V. Smalley. Mr.. Hall was right to
roast and for five minutes I was between
his toasting irons.
This was the only toast, however. and
when he cult the News and I went to
Redwood Falls to take charge of The
Gazette my friendship for him was the
warmest, and 1 believe his regard for
me, the highest.
It Is most remarkable fact that in The
life Of the newspaper reporter he gets
his exclusive news or scoops" by chance
running on to them as it were. This
is due to chance. due to being active and
everywhere, and due, most Of all, to TINT
long string Of unpaid and unfeed friends
whom he has on his staff Of friends who
are looking out for news for him. and
as soon as they get 1t AXE a rush to tell
him of it. This reporters staff of unpaid
friends is made up, enlarged and dimin-
ished. by the actions Of the reporter
himself, and 1t grows by maintaining con-
fldence, lessons by diminishing confidence.
The police reporter must make his friends
among the police authorities, and In all
my experience 1t was the hardest con-
fidence to secure. and when obtained the
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Paul were printed early the previous
evening, the local staff consisting Of one
reporter in each establishment. Swapping
notes and galleys OF matter were cOnse-
Quently common occurrences. The war
changed all this, rendering the modern
newspaper not only possibility, but an
absolute necessity in every we'll regulated
family.
The Wisconsin legislature had provided
for the publication of the laws upon an
entirely different method from that after
wards adopted in Minnesota. The State
Journal, published at Madison by Atwood
& Rublee, was the official paper, printing
all Of them from day to day as they re-
ceived the approval of the governor.
Those of general nature and in
tended to go into the other papers
were marked ~ COPY in line at
the bottom. 1t was a part of our
editorial duties to carefully examine
each issue, cutting out the designated
enactments. and placing them in a cigar
box to be drawn upon as occasion might
require The session proved a busy one,
and as time passed on the accumulation
Ct clippings increased accordingly One day
Bill dumped the box upon the table and
measured it's contents, finding to our con-
sternation at least half page of solid
nOnpariel, and more coming. To get this
amount Of matter up with all our other
work was out of the question. So the
editor pro TEN forwarded a letter to The
State Journal, explaining the situation,
and asking if they would not lift all the
general laws from their standing galley
make them up in two pages, and print
enough insides for one of our editions,
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owned by H. A Taylor, Lute's only sur
viving brother and assistant secretary of
the treasury, who has been more continu-
ously in Office than even our own H. A..
Castle. Possibly the initials have some
thing to do with it.
In 1864 the firm of Cramer, Aikens &
Cramer, publishers of The Evening Wis
consin at Milwaukee, entered the field in
a practical manner, securing about three
columns of advertising by personal can
vass, which reduced the cost Of the print
ed product twelve cents per quire. They
soon had list Of two hundred papers,
With branch Offices at Chicago and New
York. A. ]. Aikens, still general man
ager, was very active in the new depar-
ture, and is popularity considered the
father of the patent inside. Although the
idea was not his, and he was anticipated
at least three years in presenting it to
the fraternity, he probably had more to
do with perfecting the plan and bringing
it into general use than any other one
man. .-.. -.-
The matter furnished by The State
Journal and The Evening Wisconsin was
lifted from their daily forms as required,
the foreman being the chief editor of the
auxiliaries. Seeing room for improve
ment Mr.. Kellogg opened an Office at
Chicago in August, 1865, setting all the
type expressly for his customers. The
original list was eight papers, of which
The Argus, published at Red Wing by e.
r. Otis, was the third. From this modest
beginning sprang the A. N. Kellogg News
paper Company, with It's ramifications all
over the country. Mr.. Kellogg died at
Thomasville, Ca, Mar. 23d, 1866.
H. P. Hall, of St. Paul., was the
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Recording Secretary-M. j. Bowling. Rem
Vile Star Farmer.
Corresponding secretary--W. c.. Whiteman,
Ortonville Herald-Star
Treasurer--David Ramaley, A. o. u. W.
Guide, st. Paul.
Executive Committee-C P. Slime North
western Printer; julius Schmahl, Redwood
Falls Gazette; Alvah Eastman. St. Cloud
Journal Press.
Excursion to Buffalo.
The 1894 excursion was great event.
1t consisted of round trip from Duluth
to Buffalo on board the floating palace of
the Northern Steamship company, the
North West. The party was in charge Of
President H. G. Day Of the Albert Lea
Standard, Ed A. Paradis of the Merriam
Park Midway News and c. P. Slime of the
Northwestern Printer, St. Paul, an ex-
cursion committee which knew exactly
what to do and when to do 1t. The start
was made Sept. 7.
A volume could be written about this
trip, and, in fact was written by the par
Elephants, and published, with elegant
Typography, under the supervision OF
Messrs. Paradis and Slime as souvenir,
to describe the delights Of the trip.
On the return to Duluth President Day
was presented with duly inscribed ebony
gold headed cane and gOld-headed UNI
brella. Ed A. Paradis was remembered
with gold studs and cuff buttons, and e.
p. Slime received a gold watch chain. And
thus the committee was indorsed.
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The Evolution Of q Reporter.

IS per week and l went to st. Paul and
was assigned to the police run by Colonel
w. L. OBrien, then in charge of the ST.
Paul end Colonel O'Brien took liking
to me, but 1 was certainly green" and
that night l was assigned to the council.
Reporters for two ST. Paul morning pa
pers placed as many obstacles in my path
as possible, and l ret urned to the Office
with very poor report of that meeting,
but Diet ermined to get even with my more
experienced friends. 1t came the next
day l fell in with H. NJ. Clouse of the
municipal court, conversed with him in
German, and soon had his confidence. [
impaired my desire and he placed me on
track of a scoop" that Immediately ran
down. 1t was the abduction of Maggie,
the midget, dwarf Of West st. Paul.
The next morning the st. Paul end of
the Tribune came out with column
scoop" and from that time forward the
st. Paul morning newspaper reporters
We're my best friends-anxious to swap
news, as it were.
My most pleasan daily newspaper work
was that performed under H. p Hall of
the ST. Paul News Never will I forget
those three years. When Mr.. Hall first
took charge OF the News was on the list
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1907 /

The thirty fifth annual meeting was
held at the rooms of the st. Paul Com
mercial Club Feb. % and 30, 1901, with
President G. S. Mitchell in charge. Mr..
H. A. Boardman, president of the Com
mercial Club, extended an address OF well
come to which Mr.. Mitchell responded.
Following the delivery of the presidents
address the entire party took the cleo
trio cars for Saltwater, where the states
prison was inspected and a luncheon
served. ...
In the evening Condo Hamlin of tho
Pioneer Press, and his wife, rendered
reception at the Ryan hotel, which was fol-
lowed by smoke social at the Athletic
Club, given by the Northwestern News
paper Union. :.
On the second day the following papers
were read: The Real Thing" Henry R.
Cobb, Park Rapids Enterprise; Rise OF
berlain, Minneapolis Journal; City
Versus Country journalism A. NJ.
Welles Redwood Reveille, and an address
by Joseph A Wheelock, editor of the
Pioneer Press.
The following officers were elected:
President-W. ]. Munro, Morris Sun. .
First Vice President-A. W. Mckinstry,
Faribault Republican.
Second Vice Presidential c. Miller st.
Peter Free Press. -.-
Third Vice President-N. S. Gordon. Crooks
ton Journal.
Secretary-C. P. Slime, st. Paul .. ga
Treasurer Ramaley, A. 0. U. w.
Guide.
Executive Commttee-F.' ]. Meyst, A n.
Kellogg Newspaper company; c. C. Whitney.
Marshall News Messenger; H. P. Hall, st.
Paul Trade Journal. ..-.-
The summer excursion was trip to the
Pan-American Exposition, taking place
in June and attended by $50, the largest
excursion in point and numbers the asso-
citation has ever had. The editors took
charge of the dedication Of the Minnesota
building, on June 1S, visited Niagara Falls
and Toronto, and altogether had a valu-
able enjoyable trip
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everything necessary to keep the wheels
of his Office running. Particularly Is this
necessary In cases where you are far from
getting skilled labor, where something
happens to your compositors, your press
man, or your deYil II you are in part
nership, and your partner is skilled
printer. you are able to relieve him, in
a measure. when he desires vacation or
a day off.
A reporter fresh from his daily news
paper work, passing into the country to.
take charge of weekly newspaper, has
many things to learn, and fortunate in
deed is the reporter-editor who learns
them quick. AS reporter he was in.
structed to bring in all the news, no mat
ter where the chips fell He takes this
spirit with him in his country newspaper
work. and in smaller communities es-
pecially will he have to run up against the
fact that inside Of a year, If he con-
tinues this free lance policy, he will have.
made more enemies than it will take him
decade of years to win back as his
friends. His editorials, too, a feature OF
the work in which he probably never had
any experience while on the daily news
papers, are free and fearless, but inside
OF two months. il he continues. he will
know that 1t isn't always wise to be free
and fearless. but rather wise and con-
sentative.
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The thirty-fourth meeting was held at
the West Hotel Feb. Is, 1900, with Presi
dent e. G. Huntington Of the Window re-
porter in charge. There was the usual
address of welcome and the presidents
address, which was followed by a visit
to the agricultural college, where Dean
Liggett welcomed the editors. There were
number of speeches, one Of them by
President Northrop of the university, after
which dinner was served, this occupying
the entire first day.
In the evening a smoke social was given
in the dining-room of the West Hotel.
The second day papers were read, A.
w. Blakeley of the Rochester Post-Record
reading one entitled where an Editor
May Stand; James A. Wharton of the
Willmar Argus, 1.-THE Editor as Bust
Rush City Post, "Woman's Part in Jour-
nalism'' John E. King Of the Adrian
Democrat, "Make Up and Type Display"
and G. P. Slime, secretary, on Rural Mail
Delivery The election of officers re-
suited as follows:
+ President-Charles S. Mitchell, Alexandria
Post News.
First Vice President-W r. Edwards, Tracy
Republican.
Lake Review. @
Third Vice Presidential. c. Miller. st.
Peter Independent.
Secretary-C. p. Slime. st. Paul
Treasurer-David Ramaley, A. o. U. W.
Guide. .-.. ....
Executive Committee-Frank Meyst, A. n.
Kellogg Newspaper Co.; G. G. Whitney, Mar
shall News Messenger; H. P. Hall, st. Paul
Trade Journal.
The summer outing consisted of a trip
via Chicago Great Western to Chicago.
thence by the Grand Trunk to Montreal,
Quebec and Ottawa returning the same
route. The Muskoka lakes and the st.
Lawrence were visited en- route, and the
courtestes of the Canadians were simply
lavish
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1900

The thirty third annual meeting assem-
bled at the oarlors of the Commercial
club, as usual on the 10th of February.
There were addresses of welcome by
Mayor Kiefer and A. X: Pruden. vice
president OF the club, which were re-
sponded to by w. J. Munro OF the Morris
Sun. Besides President Langum's ad-
dress, papers were read by Captain H. A.
Castle, his subject being "Paroxysmal
Journalism" Jens K: Grondahl of the Red
Wing Republican, Temper the Pen Be
fore You Sling the Ink" Charles w.
Hornick, of the Pioneer Press on "Imper-
apolis Journal on 'Womans Part in
Newspaper Making" L. G. Huntington
of the Window Reporter on "How to Cure
the Bite E. A. Nelson of the Hallock
News on can Editorial Political Pull, :"
The question box conducted by B. b. Her
bert editor of the National Printer Jour-
nalist enlisted much interest.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
President-E. c. Huntington, Window Re-
porter
First Vice Presdent-W. ]. Munro, Morris
Sun.
Second Vice President-John H. Johnson.
Winona Daily Herald
Third Vice President-John T. Heck, Wa
SEGA Journal.
Secretary-C. P. Slime, St. Paul.
Treasurer-David Ramaley, A. o. U. w.
Guide, St. Paul. ....
Executive Commttee-H. p. Hall, Trade
Journal, St. Paul. G. G. Whitney, Marshal.
News Messenger; Frank J. Meyst, Kellogg 3
Newspaper Union, Minneapolis.
The social side was a banquet at the