The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-09
CALIFORNIA
EDITORS IN TOWN
Arrive to Spend Few Days in Salt
Lake City.
GOING ON TO PORTLAND
WILL TAKE IN SIGHTS OF TOWN
TODAY.

n nee upon a time-that ought TO be
u a good way to start a story about
story writers-once upon a time
Salt Lake might have been ratified by
the aggregation OF newspape editors
that arrived in this city yesterday; but
having just finished a week ago with
several hundred members of the Ma
tiOnal Editorial association. the city
was fairly prepared TO welcome the
pencil pushers and show them the
sights. As a result some thirty mem
bers of the Southern California Edi-
torial association declared they had had
a royal time after the Press club of
Salt Lake had taken them out for q
float il the lake and brought them back
with the promise OF more for today.
The Southern California delegation Of
newspa permen and their wives arrived
I in Salt Lake yesterday morning ana at
| once took headquarters at the Kenyon
| hotel. Following luncheon there the
editors were Joined by members of the
Press club, who escorted them 10 Salt
air, leaving the city at p. m In
charge of the programme of entertain
ment was President Russell Lowry OF
the Press club
At the lake the visitors proceeded at
/ once to get busy. Within fifteen min
utes of their dip they were prepared TO
| discredit any story that the lake is
/ drying up. or at least prepared to &C
I cept the story cum granO sails. The
| cause - unwise and unweIcome i'm
/ bibitiOn; the effect-weu, il would
/ hardly be right TO tell on the visitors
/ but some really got theirs as one
put it.
The little unpleasant experiences
] however, were accepted as souvenirs OF
l the plunge in the briny-
! Following their swim the editors re-
/ turned to Salt Lake at their OWL
/ leisure, the majority meeting at 7:3'
/ o'clock at the Kenyon and taking cars
/ The programme for today includes a
/ trip about Salt Lake City. luncheon at
/ the Commercial club and an organ re-
! cital. The midnight train for Portland
/ will carry most Of the editors TO the
| fair. while a few viii tarry in the city
! before returning to Los Angeles.
Election on the Train.
! That the CaIifornians are not slow
| may be seen from the fact that they
/ thirty OF a total membership of over
/ 100. held their annual election on the
/ train Friday morning and elected the
! following officers President, d g
/ Holt Santa Monica outlook; vice presi-
/ dents. Mrs J. L Mathews, Covina
/ Lyman King. RedIands Review; secre-
/ tary and treasurer, Edgar Johnson
/ Fullerton Tribune; executive commit
/ tee. +. j. Clark Riverside Press; VIII
I liam Roe. Los Angeles Journal; Albert
I Searies, Los Angeles Express; H Z
I Lawrence. AlhambTa Advocate
/ The personnel of the party follows
/ Edgar Johnson and wife, Fullerton
/ TribUn~and Los Angeles Times.
/ J. l. Matthews, Covina Argus.
/ D. G. Holt and son. Santa Monica
! Outlook.
w. w Roe and wife. Los Angeles
! Journal. Outlook Santa Monica.
/ ElmOre Hyde, Inslewood Times.
! II. z. Lawrence and wife, Alhambra
1 Advocate.
/ E. P. Clarke and wife, Riverside
/ Evening Press.
! G. H Eberle Mrs. f D. Neighbours
! Mrs Fred :. Moore, DOwney Cham
piOn-
J Mrs. NJ. L Glover. Pasedenan, South
/ Pasadena.
/ DR.. Edgar B. Buell. and wife. Escon-
! dido Times.
! John WATSON. Pomona Times.
/ Mrs. Mary F. Van Velzer and daugh-
/ ter FallbrOOk Review
/ Mrs A \ lies and daughter. Los
| Angeles Builder and Contractor