The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-26
MAYOR sPEER OF GREAT FALLS
WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVES,
OF FIFTY PAPERS.
LANSTRUM REELECTED
Helena Man 10 Again Chosen President
Of the State Assoeiation-Anaeo
Named as Next Meeting Pisos-opsn
Forum Discusses Matters Of Interest
to Newspaper Business.

Great Falls. Aug. (Special)-
The Montana Editorial association
opened It's annual meeting here today
and after very harmonious session In
the forenoon and another I'm the after
noon, the invitation of J. II. Durston
of the Anaconda Standard, for the as
ISOLATION TO meet in the Copper city in
1912. was unanimously accepted. with
the same unanimity the association re-
elected DR.. O. NJ. Ianstrum Of Helena,
OF the Montana Record. as It's presi.
dent and Joseph Smith II, as secretary.
With these important features out OF
the way. the members adjourned till
o'clock tomorrow evening when the
resolutions committee Will report and
the president will announce his COM
mittees for the ensuing year
The association members began arr
rlving In the city yesterday afternoon
and when the business session was
called to order this morning more than
80 papers were represented. Before
the close OF the afternoon session the
number had reached As, and new ar.
rivals tonight put the number past. so.
thus having more than one third OF the
$50 papers OF the state represented at
the session.
The morning sessions of the meeting
today were held In the courtroom Of
department No. 2 OF Cascade county's
handsome 100000 courthouse. the per-
mission having been extended by the
county commissioners and Judge H. H..
Ewing of the court This was In keep
Ing with other evidences that Great
Falls was In earnest when II said II
wanted the convention to come here
this year.
welcome to the editors. He felicitated
the press of Montana on its high
standard and told the visitors all the
city had was at their disposal and TO
make themselves AT home.
DR.. Lanstrum then read his annual
address to the convention and named
his committees. which were as fol-
lows:
Audlting--C. II. Reifenrath. publisher
Northwestern Stockman and Farmer.
/, Helena: W. M Bell. Great Falls; Ray
s. Conger. Thompson Falls.
On presidents report-B. B. Weldy
OF Chester. publisher of The Signal;
B. +. Yerks, publisher OF the Twin
Bridges Monitor: c. r. Shearer man
aging editor of the Inter Mountain of
Butte.
Resolutions--J. II. Durston, editor of
the Anaconda Standard; NJ w. Petit
grew of the Shelby News. Berkley
Walker of the bingham Review.
Then came the open forum. and the
questions of the subscription contests.
legal advertising and printing and the
attitude of public sentiment toward the
press all came up for consideration.
Chief among the editors taking n hand
In the discussion were J. l.. Dobell OF
the Butte Miner. J. II. Durston of the
Standard, DR.. Lanstrum of the Mon
tana Record. o. s. Warden of the Great
Falls Tribune, Ray s. Conger and
Thomas Stout of Lewistown and 9th
ers.
There was an opinion prevalent that
contests for subscriptions are not con
ducive to good business. and one of tn,
editors expressed the belief that the
people were worn out with the contest
Idea and contests ought to be banIshet
by the progressive papers.