The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-07-23
EDITORIAL OUTING
A Big SUCCESS
NORTHERN MINNESOTA NEWS
CATERERS AND FRIENDS
ROYALTY ENTERTAINED.
CRUISE ON LAKE OF WOODS
BORDER TOWN CITIZENS AND
"CANUCKS" GENIAL HOSTS.
THE RESOLUTIONS

THE RESOLUTIONS
The Northern Minnesota Editorial
Association has held several delight
full outings in past years but none
have compared in any degree with
their visit to International Falls,
Spooner and Baudette in Minnesota
and the cruise on the Lake of the
Woods to Kenora, CanaGa.
Sank Centre was represented on the
excursion by Asa M. Wallace of the
Herald and Mrs. Fannie French
Morse, Matron of the Home School
for Girls. The latter made a host OF
friends for the institution in a short
talk following the banquet at
Spooner Friday evening, her some
what brief description Of what the
school stood for and the work it was
accomplishing, waking decided i'm
preston upon the newsgatherers and
other assembled guests.
The following Official" story of the
outing which will appear in all Min
nesota newspapers this week was pre-
pared by Herman Roe, editor of the
Mortified News, F. A. Wilson of the
Bemidiji Sentinel and Asa M. Wallace
of the Herald. Mr.. Roe carried the
party from the cities to Baudette, Mr..
Wilson covered the doing S at Spoon
er, Baudette and Kenora and Mr..
Wallace the boat trip going and re-
turning:
Seeing Minnesota First" should be.
come decidedly more popular as a re.
suit of the 1914 outing and excursion
of the Northern Minnesota Editorial
association. A party of 155 editors
and their families participated in an
enjoyable and profitable three days
outing, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
July 18th, 18th and 18th. The trip
included visits to international Falls,
Spooner, Baudette and Warroad and
| ninety-mile boat ride on the Lake
of the Woods to Kenora, Ontario, and
return.
While the party was made up large.
ly Of editors from the northern part
| of the state, 1t required three special
Pullmans to accommodate the editors
from southern and western Minnesota
and the state officials who left the
Twin Cities Thursday evening, the
18th, over the Northern Pacific to par
ticipate in the outing. Their enthu.
siasm over the possibilities for deveL
opment they saw in the section visited
and their pleasant memories of the
generous entertainment accorded them
combine to make them eligible for
membership in the rapidly growing
class of boosters for Northern MINES
sofa.
At International Falls.
International Falls, the City Of Des
tiny. was visited on Friday. The days
program of entertainment included
meeting in the city hall where the par
ty was given hearty welcome by the
officials OF the city, visit of great In,
terest to the editors through the pa.
per. pulp and sulphite plants owned
and operated by the Minnesota & On.
tario Power Co., Of which Mr.. e. w.
Backus is president, . Dutch lunch
given at the city hall and launch ride
on Rainy lake. Following the Dutch
lunch, moving picture of the party
was taken, run of the fire depart.
ment adding life to the film.
Although it is only six years since
the first railroad reached Information.
al Falls, this city has already become
one of the important manufacturing
cities Of the state, and in a few years
It will be, perhaps, the largest paper
manufacturing city in the world.
The daily production Of these i'm.
mense paper, pulp and sulphite plants,
n $50 tons Of news print paper.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the
party boarded special Canadian
Northern train at Fort Francis, on the
Canadian side Of the Rainy river, for
Spooner and Baudette, the Twin Cities
Of the north, which were the objective
points Of the trip. q
The Day at Spooner and Baudette.
One cannot gid the lily nor paint
the rose and it would be difficult ade-
quately to express appreciation of the
Simon-pure, dyed-in-the-wool blown-in.
the-bottle brand of hospitality passed
along to the Northern Minnesota edi.
tors and the guests by the genial citi-
Gems Of Spooner and Baudette, the
"Twin Cities of the North" Destroy.
ed in single night by forest fire
which swept down upon them four ;.
Years ago. the two little cities have
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