Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-08-07
STATE PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Concludes Twenty-Fifth Ann
ual Convention at Pa
cific Beach.
ORNES NEXT PRESIDENT
Newspaper Men Enthusiastic
Over Grays Harbor Gil
mate and Hospitality.

The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the Washington Press Association
concluded one of it's most successful
sessions at Pacific beach Saturday
night, selecting Mount Vernon as the
next place of meeting and electing the
following officers:
President, Fred Ornes, Mount Yer
non Argus; first vice president, Arthur
A. Smith. Port Angeles Tribune
Times; second vice-president, Fred
Spear, Waterville Press; secretary,
Louis Jacobin, Concrete Enterprise;
treasurer, G. F. McClane, Castle Rock
Advocate; historian, Thomas Craw-
ford, Centralia Chronicle; orator, John
L. Wilson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; ;
poet, Albert Johnson, Houqiam Wash
ingtonian; executive committee, E. E.
Beard, Vancouver Columbian; F. A.
Hazeltine, South Bend Journal; w. B.
Jessup, Bremerton Searchlight; J. B.
Best, Everett Herald, and Edith Tozier
Wethered, Tacoma.
During the afternoon the members
and their wives were entertained at
the home of George H. Emerson,
where light luncheon was served.
The residence of Mr. Emerson is a
typical lumberman's palace, situated
in the cedar tangle, with just enough
Of the natural beauty of the forest
left to make it interesting and rustic
and yet with all the advantages of
civilization.
The convention passed resolutions
of coincidence over the death Of the
late Clarence V. White, of Seattle, also
resolutions favoring state aid for the
clearing and settling of logged-off
lands.
Free publicity for the campaign
against tuberculosis was promised and
thanks extended for the good time
made possible by the commercial or
ganiza ions OF l!oGuiai:l and Aberdeen
Editors in Aberdeen.
The association held business ses
sion in Aberdeen on Friday, and in
the afternoon were taken to Cosmop
oils in an open trollep car, kindly
provided for by the Grays Harbol
Railway & Light Co., where they
handsomely entertained by Nei
Cooney, manager of the Grays Harbor
Commercial Co., at his elegant new
home, on the hill, overlooking the
town and river.
Returning from Cosmopolis, the Wis
itors were the guests of the Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce at a banuet al
Hotel Washington. The handsome din
ing room was beautifully decorated
with flowers donated by ladies of the
city for the occasion, and the banquet
was brilliant affair. f. C. Miller
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, acted toast master and the
hotel chef had eXcelled himself in the
preparation of the meal, for which
the editorial stomach had been well
prepared by the ride to Cosmopolis
At the conclusion of the feast. Toast.
master Miller called upon the follow.
ing gentlemen, who responded in short
addresses: Hon. Deed II. Magyar, retir
ing president; J. J. Carney, of the Alb
erdeen Herald; the inimitable Frank
B. Cole, of the West Coast Lumber.
man; Fred Ornes, of Mt Vernon, AL
bert Johnson, of the Hoquiam Wash
ingtonian, Louis Jacobin, of the Con.
crete Enterprise and Hon. John l.
Wilson, of the Seattle Post-Intell
gencer.
After the banquet all repaired tc
the pavilion at Electric park where
Manager Nye had prepared a pleas
ing program of vaudeville and motion
pictures. Allen Dougherty, singer
Of note favored the audience will
three songs which received meritet
applause. The entertainment CLOSED
with an excellent dialect poem deliv
cred by Hon. John l.. Wilson who i!
possessed of elocutionary powers o
a high order.
A dance which lasted until afteI
midnight wound up day that wal
chock full of interest.
The music for the dance was fur
nished by the boys band of p pieces
from the State Industrial school.