Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-10-04
CAMPING OUT MOVE
OF QUILL DRIVERS.
Missouri Press Association Seek
ing Happy Hunting Ground.
SPOT TO RENOVATE BRAINS.
Tired OF Summer Tours to Distant Re-
sorts, the Fraternity viii Build a
Clubhouse In Iron Mountain State.
Many Attractive Offers.

Upon Philip GansZ of Macon. Mo,
Omar II. Gray of Sturgeon and VIII
liams Southern. Jr.. of Independence
deyolves the interesting task of locat-
ing a happy hunting ground for the
Missouri newspaper editors, says a
Macon correspondent OF the Kansas
City Star. The gentlemen named form
the clubhouse committee selected by
the Missouri Press association at its
last meeting in st. Louis. Mr. Gray is
the president OF the association. The
other two members of the committee
are his immediate predecessors in that
Office.
The correspondence brought by the
announcement that the editors are
seeking wilderness in which to
stretch their weary limbs aud replen-
ish their opinion reservoirs Is pro-
digious. 1t seems as if every landown-
er In the state controls or knows about
some picturesque back yard where the
editors might camp. fish. hunt and COM
mune with nature. \ compilation of
the mail examined by the committee
would be Il source of interest and of
pride to all Missourians.
| In former years Ii was the plan at
the conclusion of the business meet
| ing to take an excursion to some dis
tant state. to hunt up garden spot In
Colorado or good fishing lake in
Minnesota. 1t didn't occur to the mem
bers of the fraternity that they were
turning their backs upon the finest fish
ing preserves and the grandeSt scenery
IN the west, all within the borders of
their own state. Fishermen, hunters
and sightseers from remote countries
and commonwealths seemed to be the
| pioneers In making the discovery that
old Missouri has greater measure of
natural wealth than they could find in
all their travels. Finally the Missouri
an himself tardily opened his eyes to
that significant feature.
Eastern papers and outing journals
have dwelt extensively upon the Gas
conade. the Usage, the Current and
the Niangua rivers, their stories OF
fish and beautiful environment. They
the Ozarks which shoots through the
mountains In a tunnel as smooth and
us perfect as II made by the hand Of
man, Of the uncanny river in Oregon
county which flows underground; Of
the Camden county highway which for
over ten miles is the rock bed of a
crystal stream, in which fish dart
about the horses legs.
Soon after the committee was chosen
Chairman Gansz sent letters out to
every editor In the state. These let
| tiers recited the desire to obtain suit
able location for an editorial club
house, close to attractive scenery,
where there was plenty of good hunt
ing and fishing When such place
is found comfortable and substantial
house will be built and this will be
| the permanent home of the editors for
| holding their association meetings and
may be used by any of the members
for private entertainment at any time.
| The letters have brought forth any
number of enthusiastic replies. Juds-
ing from the assurances in them the
committee believes there will be no
| trouble In securing as starter funds
| to the extent of $4,000 for building
the house and preparing the grounds
about it. 1t is expected that the land
or its use will be contributed. Some
twenty-five or thirty places have been
specially selected by the committee
for investigation. The tour of inspec-
tion will be begun some time between
the first and the middle Of October.
The Southwest Missouri Press asso-
citation met in July and elected Charles
Il. Reid, editor of the Ozarks Demo
crat, to act with the committee chosen
by the state association.
IAN important feature Of the club
house enterprise is to let the world
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