Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-03
EDITORS ENJOY OUTING
Hold Annual Meeting at Seaside and
Decide to Reorganlze State
Association.


an organization that has been in exist
ence for over twenty years, will hold its
last meeting in Portland next January.
Such was the decision reached by the
members in attendance at the meeting
at Seaside last week. The attendance
Of newspaper men was small, only 80
Of the 200 papers in Oregon being rep
resented. Discouraged by this poor
showing, the editors decided by a
unanimous vote to abandon the organ
ization and form an association on
radically different lines. An effort
will be made to secure the attendance
Of every newspaper publisher in Ore
gon at the Portland meeting, at which
time plan will be submitted. for a
new organization.
No business was transacted at the
Seaside meeting farther than to elect
officers to serve until January. The
officers chosen we're: E. Fl. Wood
ward, OF the Newberg Graphic, presi-
dent; J. s. Dellinger, OF the Morning
Astorian, president; DR.. FL. W.
Coe, of the Portland Medical Sentinel,
corresponding secretary; d. W. Bath,
of the Hillsboro Independent, record
ing secretary; Miss Frances Gotschall,
of the Portland White Ribbon, treas
urer.
The report in the Sunday Oregonian
to the effect that the publishers were
preparing to combine to raise rates on
political advertising was utterly with
out foundation. No such movement
was considered in the meeting, in fact,
nothing Of the kind was even men
toned. The business session lasted
only two or three hours, and was
devoted entirely to discussion OF
plans for reorganization. Those citi-
zens Of Oregon who are contemplating
becoming candidates for office year
hence may rest easy that no plans
have been laid to ''hold them up" as
intimated by the Oregonian.
The social and entertainment feat
ures Of the meeting left nothing to be
desired. The daylight ride down the
Columbia river on the fast steamer
Telegraph" was greatly enjoyed and
will long be remembered with pleas,
ure by the editors and their families
Arriving at Astoria, the visitors were
warmly welcomed by the good people
OF that hospitable and enterprisine
city. Editor Dellinger, of the Morn
ing Astorian, and Editor Gratke, oi
the Daily Budget, lost no opportunity
to show the visiting newspaper boys
every possible courtesy. On Friday
evening, public reception was helc
in the Odd Fellows hall, where excel
lent talks were made by Mayor Her
man Wise Robert A. Miller, of Port
land, and John F. Whyte, secretary
of the Astoria = peer of Commerce
Singing Soc = and a piano solo by
Miss Fay ellinger were greatly
appreciateas0y the guests of the eve
ming.
Trolley rides and strolls through
the residence and business streets
impressed upon the minds Of the Wis
itors the fact that Astoria is one Of the
most prosperous and enterprising cit
les on the Pacific Coast. New stores
and residences are springing up or
every hand, and the immense volume
of business being carried on by the
mercantile concerns speaks NOR;
impressively than words of the solit
backing of the city in the steady devel
opment of it's timber and fishing
industries and in its unequalled ship
ping facilities.
The trip to Fort Stevens on Saturday
morning was full of interest. Arriv
ing at the Fort, the visitors were me
by Gerald C. Bagnell, engineer il
charge of the Government work, ant
were taken by special train to the enC
of the great ietty, six miles out at sea
Here the work of building the Jet.
| was seen at close range. We regre
that we have not time and space to Civ
a complete description of this grea
breakwater, which has cost million
of dollars and years of time to built
and which yet lacks one mile OF beini
| finished. Some idea of the immensit
of the ietty may be gained from tn
statement that this great rock wall !
six miles long, 100 feet wide at the bas
and AZ feet high. That it is accomE
fishing the purpose for which it wa
intended is proved by the fact that tn
crest Of the bar, formerly one mil
wide, is now little more than quartz
of a mile in width, and the remainin
sand is being rapidly cut away wit
every foot of rock added to the end c
the jetty.
Returning to Fort Stevens, full jus
ice was done to a splendid lunc
provided by Editor Dellinger, WI
had accompanied the visitors frol
Astoria. The visitors were then intr,
duced to Colonel White, commandin
officer at the fort, who personally col
Quoted them to the immense fortifc'
1 t;oao aa5 awrloinad tho u0rkiUOa