The Detroit times., 1913-02-12
PRESS
TO VISIT FOUR
STATE CITIES
Mid-winter Meeting Starts in
Detroit and Ends in Grand
Rapids Feb. 20-22
CALL ON PRISON AND
LEGISLATURE BETWEEN
Two Days of Recreation, Inspi-
ration and Education for
the Editors

The editors OF Michigan and their
wives will enlarge the editorial vision
next week by visiting four cities In q
body. They will banquet and talk
business In Detroit and Grand Rapids.
and look into the state affairs q bit
at Jackson and Lansing.
The trip across state will be made
as guests OF the Detroit United Rail
way and Michigan United Traction
Co, on Friday, Feb. 2l, following q
banquet at the Wayne In this city.
Thursday night. Friday night and
Saturday forenoon the party will be
guests OF the Grand Rapids Board OF
Commerce. A. II. Vandenberg, OF the
Grand Rapids Herald, will be host at
the dinner on Friday evening.
II. A. Hopkins. postmaster at st.
Clair, and publisher OF the Postmaster
Everywhere, sets forth the editorial
doings for Washington's birthday
week In the following secretarial
screed which has the Hopkinsonian
flavor:
Ny Dear Newspaper Worker: The
forty-thirds annual meeting OF the
Michigan Press association is 20 be
held In Detroit. Jackson, Lansing and
Grand Rapids No pent-up Utica for
us--or any other Macomb county town.
rh Ths taI Feb sa.s n Dstro MeeH
There is not a powerful pile of time
to browse around about IT, Just make
up your mind today that you will be
there. The start 10 on at o'clock In
the afternoon of Thursday at the sun
parlor OF the Wayne hotel Right now
the glad tidings may as well be con-
yeyed that We are to be the guests OF
James r. Hayes at a banquet at the
Wayne hotel, Thursday evening. and he
has also rendered members or the asso-
citation lodging that night at his ex-
pense.
But nrst. the doings Of Thursday
afternoon should concern ua That
afternoons program follows:
Presidents address, James Scher-
merhorn. Detroit, Mich.
Symposium--A busy hour with the
Topics for discussion--"Can a small
weekly make q linotype pay7" leader.
A. d. Gallery. Caro-; Can a town OF
$500 properly support two .weekllesr
leader. Fred A. Rogers, Reading: aids
to efficiency In the country office"
leader. James B. Haskins. Howard City:
DO subscription premiums and bar
gain days pay7" leader. Z. J. Mccall.
ithaca: should the government COM
tiCn?s leader. Ed o. Dewey. owosso;
The passing OF the apprentice, leader,
L w. Feighner, Nashville: Shall the
news papers OF Michigan support any OF
the proposed measures TO regulate adj
vertising? This topic Will be discussed
by members OF the legislature a. we'll
as members OF our association. Re-
ports OF officers and selection OF next
Al the banquet In the evening. Presi-
dent James Schermerh> IN Will pull on
some wonderful stunts In the way or
entertainment. IL Is up to him to fur
~ IN r.
ranged for Woodrow Wilson to grace
the newspaper function--and see what
has happened to Wilson. and lot OF
Republican editor. postmssters since
then. But leave IL to Schermerhorn.
He will make good
Friday morning, at Ave minutes be-
fore o'clock. we are TO leave Detroit
by special car az guests OF the Detroit
United railway for-Jackson. arriving
there at 1925 We are to be rendered
dinner ut the Jackson state prison
Then We 20 on to Lansing At 1890
o'clock, the Michigan United Traction
TO reverse the usual procedure, going
TO the prison nrst and then to the Leg
islature. That 10 not an original idea
with me. Schermerhorn saw II nrst
arrive n Lansing at s1o ana remain
=thsre=untfi SAT. being rendered re-
ception by Governor Ferris and the
At s:II we leave on the Pere Mar
quette train for Grand Rapids and we
shall reach there at 6:4b.
At Grand Rapids. we are to be the
guests OF the Grand Rapids Herald az
a dinner, the doings at which function
are being planned by our own Arthur
". Vancenberg. editor and publisher OF
the Herald We are expected to re-
main there until noon as guests OF the
Grand Rapids board of Commerce.
It's all worth while Come along II
you cannot be In at the Detroit meet
Ing. Join us at Jackson. II not AZ
Jackson, then at Lansing. II not a.
Lansing be with US az Grand Rapids
We want you with US. IL this 1ettei