Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-06-30
STAT EDITORS HAVE A
GREAT CONVENTION HERE
Week il Devils Lake. Session the Largest Ever
Held 81 North Dakota Press Association.

The newspaper people, five hundred
strong have come and gone. To say
that Devils Lake enjoyed their coming,
would be to put It mildly, and from
their beaming faces and happy de;
meanor during their Two days stay
ST is safe to say they enjoyed our
hospitality % . n.
8 Friday the first days session was;
given: to business and q splendid adj adi:s
dress ii the afternoon by Editor James
=A. Gray Of the Minneapolis Journal.
During the business session the ladies
were not forgo often and the ladies OF
Devils Lake took this oppo ortunity to
show their hospitality which at all
times IS the mos. gracious. A recep-
stion was arranged form the CONNER rn,r
5cial club rooms and there the ladies
Of the city gathered TO give the q hand an I
5of welcome to: the visitors. This was
followed BY an automobile ride over
the surround ding country. On Friday
evening there was a dance In in5sthe !: tt
Opera house attended by a5large gath.
ering sof the visitors and many Of the
city people. Saturday was given :Sb1' to
pleasures on the Chautauqua grounds ID I
where the day was spent, q picnii,c;
dinner awaited the visitors prepared.
by the good women Of the Devils AXE S.
Associated charities, headed by Mrs: [ll
Fred Mann. Since that time It is hard. 81
telling which has been more famous, ~ W
III the minds Of North Dakota editors.
the good fellowship Of the Devils z Lake y s
men 81 the culinary skill and charm Of
the Devils Lake women. The feast
WAS iii. for king, we'll prepared and y q
daintily served 3. Foil owing this the. the
afternoon was given to sports and l:a e !
general good time The. first on tn the ]
afternoons program, q baseball game
between the editors and the Devils 1Ils
Lake lawyers was a scream from on be be-
ginning to ending IN q burlesque TRACE
.dy with Umpire Richter killing of
with a great murde derous oking re-
:vlo1ver, all those who disputed his, "
decisions any way and some SO y 33.:' of
the men who got too gay on the field. deli
After this different races were N run :. p
some Of them taken part IN BY the lad g
les. 1T was tired but happy looking 1g
lot Of editors and citizens who returned.
Ill the evening to begin prepaaraa1t ation''ls 4 ''lE
! for the homeward journey. sA few ct +
the editors and wives remained over '
the Sabbath.
UslNEss SESSION s:!ss s. 81
he business sessions we're held held !
\ il, tie Grand opera house and and
presided over by Preside lent ofs the As 4: s.
se sseociation, Norman r. Black, who z, 9,
makes q very popular and eff 81 Client le lt
official. The Press Assoc ation= Band ;sl (,
under the leade dership Of Sam Haislet
#of the Lankin, N. D.# Reporte err opened p91 el
the prog gram with an overture: The Tl?lg
Press Band was one of the unusual lliaLl
i features of the meeting The boys
\ never played together before and while le
many took the band as a% Joke " ;'' was 'at
|! marvellous what good music they dis 1ist
s sicoursed. Editor Haislet ia graceful iflTL-
ness and general demea nor riYaled leg
sousa when he waved his magical - ,,al
music wand.
President . rton Of the a
Commercial club vel comed the #Visi-7 isl
!; tors and Ed tor Trllbs haW Of the te'
Gooperst rstoWn fourier nsWered sfor The als9
slt,l, press. He paid the city some 5lhlighil
4 III compliments and was thusiastic (,
\ about the reception they had received. ia u
Editor Warren 81 tickley&of the 7 les Ken ~
mare journal read q per On sIiigh q
I and Low NeWspap Der Stand ards: : " l'a. 4,
stickley is one Of the thoughtful ed ed:
tors 81; the state whose heart is9in i1
4 bis work and Ills pap reall
inspir Ion to higher eals inS thteaproe;; 4;
fession. Secre Io bein cad q his 4;
report and then Preside Black ask a /:
B Cd for al open discus sion on grieyanl u.
ces. Numerous rtant matters a
n we're discussed among hem the sec veg
Hon 81 the code king the maSimu111 lll11
ssL price Of publ print
Behounek secre etary of stllt llls
d state printing cornnds sion read 81 II
interesting and beneflc cial paper 81 "a ea1
E'iifth Glass II ting., s'S s
III the afternoon the Associ tion ! wa
I ddressed hy Editor Grey of theS Time .
apolis journal he took for his SUP ib
& sieet HE PRESS and Its Place III Mod
ern Giyilization tsrey's ares' n ]