The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-14
HAVING A GREAT TIME
SOUTHERN INDIANA EDITORS IN THE
BLUEGRASS COUNTRY.
Trip Up the Kentucky River Is Very
Pleasant and the Tourists Are
Making the Most Of 1t.
tan correspondence of the Journal.

Staff Correspondence Of the Journal.
FRANKFORT KY, Board Steamer
Falls City, May 12.-Thus far the annual
outing of the Southern Indiana Press Asso-
citation has been as successful as those who
promoted the Kentucky river trip could
wish. The weather has been ideal. There
are between fifty and sixty people on board
and every one seems bent on having a good
time. There Is an orchestra from Louis
Vile with the party and dancing is one of
the features. DR.. Lawrence, Of Louisville,
manager of the boat is personally conduct
ing the trip.
Nearly every part Of Indiana Is repre-
scented. The crowd is not entirely COM
posed of publishers Of daily and weekly
newspapers. d. w. Gerard, supreme chief
of the Order of Ben-Hur, is with the party
as the editor Of the Chariot, the official or
gan of the Ben-Hur organization. With
Mr.. Gerard are his wife and daughter, Mrs.
Tiff, and his son, DIR. Roy Gerard, all of
Charlottesville. Manager Whitehead, of
the American Press Association. is also on
the trip. Colonel Vance, of Cincinnati,
president Of the Ohio Valley Improvement
Association. is a member of the party and
this evening entertained the editors in the
main saloon of the boat with an address in
which he discussed Ohio river improve
ments.
M. w. Pershing of Upton. who came on
the trip, is considerably disappointed that
Frank T. Singleton, of Martinsville, and
w. s. Montgomery, of Greenfield, were
not able to join the excursion. Mr.. PERISH
ing and the absent editors are members or
the executive committee of the Republican
Editorial Association of the State and
they had intended arranging for this or
ganization's annual outing. However, Mr..
Whitehead and ]. A. Kuntz. Of the Ko-
komo Tribune. and make some preliminary
arrangements.
Indiana Press Association, and Jay Smith,
of Seymour, secretary of the organization.
are seeing to it that everybody is as COM
Portable as 1t is possible to make them:
There is merry party OF young people on
board, and they are getting all there Is to
be got out of the trip. One OF the party is
Herbert Heller, Of the South Park Floral
him an immense box of American Beauty
roses, and last night at supper each pas
senger found a beautiful red rose at his
plate.
one Of the most interesting features of
the river trip is the passage of the boat
through the government locks. The first
was entered this morning, about s o'clock
some thirty miles above the mouth of the
river Most of the passengers were alseep,
however, and missed the sight. Later in
the day other locks were passed, and the
editors took an active interest in the OPEN
ing and closing of the big gates.
The southern Indiana editors were partic-
ularly interested, as they hope in a few
years to see the Ohio supplied with fine
system of locks.
Everybody is delighted with the pictur-
esuue scenery through which the river
winds it's way. The stream is scarcely as
wide as the Wabash, but it is much deeper
AS the boat makes its way up the river the
natural scenic effects grow more rugged,
changing gradually from pretty rolling
meadows dressed in living green to great
rock-ribbed hills that stand in massive dig
nifty on either side of the stream.