The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-08-11
AND IT WAS THE GENUINE HOSPITALITY
OF WlLLIST0N PEOPLE THAT MADE IT so
The Newspaper Mans Money Was No Good and the Very
Air Seemed to Breathe the Western Spirit Of
"Were Glad You Came, and We Hate
to See You Go Away Again"

at Williston last week.,
The season was just right for
splendid meeting of the newspaper
men of the state. Work had Stacked
up bit in the printing offices, there
was the inducement of free trans
portation and the Williston Com
mercial Club had offered to show
the visitors a good time, and as q
result one of the largest attended
meetings Of the North Dakota Press
Association was held last Friday and
Saturday. Nearly two hundred of the
quill pushers, half Of them with their
ladies, got together at the Wiliston
meeting, while heretofore it had taken
considerable work to get out seventy
to eighty.
And Williston proved herself a splen-
did hostess. Since the organization Of
the press association they have sbeen
entertained By SUCH cities hgos
Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Valley City
and Bismarck, but no city they have
visited has shown such layish entertain
ment, such a hospitable spirit, as that
shown last week by the splendid people
of Williston. Their welcome was not
half-hearted, it showed a genuineness
of sincerity. Their entertainment was
profuse. and took on the true western
spirit; everything was informal. the
visitors were made to feel that the
freedom Of the city was theirs, and it
seemed that every soul in Williston and
Williams county had resolved into an
entertainment committee to see that
the editors had good time. The edi-
rorial bunch caught the Williston spirit
and had the time of their liyes.
As the editors and their wives gath
cred at Williston they were met at the
trains. and after registering, were
whisked by automobiles to the places
assigned them by the committee in
charge. The Times editr and wife were
assigned to the home Of DR.. and Mrs.
L. B. Dochtermann, where we were
entertained as the doctor and wife
would entertain some relatives from
away down east. The doctor has been
in Williston the past five years and has
been quite successful. He has just
built for himself fine modern home on
the end Of the main thoroughfare and
devotes his spare time to looking after
q fine farm he owns near Fort Buford.
The midsummer meeting Of the as
sociation is more for pleasure than for
business, but despite the good things
that were on the program, there were
several good papers read and some in
;teresting discussions which were in
structive and helpful. The laws govern
ing the rates to be paid for certain
kinds Of legal work appear to be some
what in conflict and rather incongrous
and a committee was appointed to re-
wise and amend the laws, make them
plain and simple as possible and see il
the legislature could not be prevailed
upon next winter to pass the laws and
put them in better shape than at pres.
ent. On this committee was appointed :
N. B. Black Of the Grand Forks Even.
ing Times, "A. R. Wright Of The Oakes
Times, g. s. Hager Of the Grafton
Record, Geo. FAIRIES Of the Willistor
Herald and H. p. Knappen Of the Bis
mn rck Palladium. This COMMITTEES will
report at the next meeting to be heli
at Grand Forks in December.
Another matter Of interest to TIL
printersof the state was the discus
ton that was brought forward by Z
paper on the Cost System by Mr.. Scott
OF the Scott Printing Company so1
Minneapolis. The printers Of thu
country were being educated TO tht
! Cost System, and are taking II up jus,
= = rapidly - understood. II produc
i Ing ! piece 81 work there enters Int,
il cost the proportionate amount o.
money invested. insurance, taxes
salaries,. something for depreciation
and everything that enters e keep ul
the plant. This y whore the grea
leaks occur IL the printing o. any ;othe
line of bunnsss ma the printing trad'
Ais trying % stop It. The outcome 9
= this discussion VA the organization .
. IBsns rankin Club With y. p. Burg
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