The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-29
.SCR|BES ENJOY LIFE
Editorial Brethren Gathered At Sioux
Pals for Several Days Of EaSs
acd Recreation.
Program Of Live Stock Breeders Who
Will Hoo Annual Convention
Here Next " ok.
The Buttermakdps Have Also Prepared q
Program That VII DO Heard
In Mitchell.
EDITORS AT SIOUX FALLS
EDITORS At SIOUX FALLS
One Of the Best Meetings of the As
ISOLATION Held With a Large
Attendance.

The editor Of The Republican re-
turned home from Sioux Falls Friday
evening, having been over there to
attend the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Press Association.
There was a surprisingly large num-
Der OF editors in attendance and it is
counted as the largest meeting that
was ever held by the association.
Thirty new members were taken in at
this meeting, among them being j.
N. Grow, Of the contributing staff of
the Progressive Poultry Journal and
L. d. Milne, Of the Home Guardian.
w. t. LaFollettc, editor Of the Ga
zette, was also in attendance at the
meeting.
The business sessions were held.in
Germania hall and some interesting
papers were read by members OF the
craft.
The ncwspapermen had a vigorous
discussion as 10 where they should 90
on the usual summer excursion. two
propositions having been laid before
the assoclation-one for a two weeks
trip over the Canadian Pacific rail-
road, and the other an invitation
from the st. Louis Worlds Fair CON-
mission. The association finally de.
c:ded to accept the invitation to the
big fair, and the Canadian trip was
left to the executive committee to
handle as it saw fit. The Canadian
Pacific officials we're anxious to secure
the South Dakota editors for a trip
over their road in order to secure
some free advertising, but inasmuch
as that road and the Canadian gov
eminent has been particularly active
in securing settlers from this state
many Of the editors could see little
benefit a%ccruing from a trip into that
country.
Sioux Falls was true hospitality it.
self. and made every possible effort
to entertain their guests to the lin
1T. Thursday evening" a theatre
party was arranged for the %associa-
tion and after that the members
wefe invited to the dance given for
the retail merchants in Germapia
ball, and also to an Informal gather
ing at the Elks club. Those Sioux
Falls Elks are certainly royal enter
tanners and they put the newspaper
men under lasting obligations for the
many pleasures enjoyed in their mag
nificent rooms.
Friday evening a banquet was
served at Germania hall at 6 O'Clock,
and the ladies Of the Methodist
church SIT forth a most excellent bill
OF fare. At this session John Lee
Mahin, OF Chicago, gave an interest
ing address on the matter of adver.
Using. as did also S. C. Theis, OF ST.
Paul.
The Here about twenty-five ladies
with editorial party and they
We're rlchiy entertained in various
ways by the Sioux Falls ladies. Fri
day morning they we're driven to the
pe%nitentiary under the chaperonage
OF George Schlosser. of the South
Dakota Newspaper Union. and in the
afternoon the ladies were entertained
at the Elks Club by the Elks' wives,
and a fine musical program was given.
The newspapermen will long re-
member their splendid visit to Sioux
Falls and her increased hospitality,
it having been thought that the linn.
1T had been reached at former meet.
ings OF the association in the Queen
City. but those royal good fellows
over there always seem to have some
thing a little better up their sleeve
for the newspaper boys of the state.
There was an immense crowd of
people in Sioux Falls during the three
days, as the convention of the Retail
Merchants was held and the polite
lans and the capital committees of
Mitchell and Pierre we're both there
looking after their interectc