Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-12-01
EDITORS OF SEVENTH
MEET At CLARA CITY
An EnteTprising Town With I
Lot Of HospitabIe People
Who Pull Together.

cordially entertained by the good
people of Clara City last Friday. The
editors from the southern part Of the
district were we'll represented, includ-
ing several of the best known scribes
Of the state. The following were elect,
ed as officers for the coming year:
President, c. Berghuis, Clara City
Herald.
Vice President, H. c. Sherwood, Bird
Island Union.
Secretary, R. H. McGilvra, Clark.
field Advocate.
Treasurer, c. A. Bennett, Granite
Falls Journal.
Executive Committee Whitney
Marshall News Messenger; A. H. Nib.
belink, Boyd Bulletin; and Victor E.
Lawson, Willmar Tribune. The edi.
tors voted to have their next sum.
mer's outing at Green Lake.
Talks were given by ]. r. Landy
Of Olivia Times on System in Cover.
ing the Local Field" V. E. Lawson
on advertising, Job and Subscription
Accounts, How I Keep Them;" H. l.
| Quist, of the Sacred Heart Journal
on do Special Editions Pay" A. T.
Archer, on "Covering County From
a Small Town.
A banquet was rendered the editors
at the Commercial Hotel, of which
the genial G. A. Leopold is the land
lord, which was followed by a public
session at the Opera House when voc
al music by excellent local talent
speeches and comedy pictures com
| bined to make an interesting time
President Berghuis presided: the vel
come of the Commercial Club was ex
tended by Father I. Schumacher, and
| Hon. Theodore Christianson of the
Dawson Sentinel responded on behalf
| OF the editors. Jim Landy of the Olivia
Times, poet laureate of the Minnesota
State Editorial Association, made q
graceful address on behalf of the la
dies which sparkled with native wit
Supt. Frantz of the Clara City schools
read a humorous paper with take-offs
on editors and local people. At the
close of this session the editors met
the members of the Commercial Clut
and their ladies, and the visitors were
escorted to the Commercial Clut
where refreshments were served and
the time was spent most pleasantly
until the time of the arrival of the
night trains.
| Clara City is a fine little city o1
! $50 population. It has handsome bust
ness blocks and beautiful residences;
wide streets and a handsomely kept
park; electric lights and a fine sys
tenn Of water works; five genera
stores, including a farmers co-opera
tive; two hardware stores and a full
complement of other lines of business
Six grain elevators; two banks; five
churches, etc. We are told that all
the people there live in harmony and
pull together for public enterprises
while keen competition makes bust
ness brisk at all times. A town with
out factional strife certainly is to be
congratulated, and is bound to come
to the front.
The Commercial Club of sixty mem
bers is organized largely for social
purposes and maintain finely equipped
club rooms where the members meet
in social intercourse and cultivate the
community spirit which makes Clara
City a winner. Editor Berghuis
Messrs. M. S. Carl, D. Grashuis, and
VIM. Thissen, Father Schumacher
Supt. Frantz and Landlord Leopold
and others did their best to give the
editors good time. The local physi
clan is DR.. H. T. Foshager, a former
Arctander boy of this county, and DR.
L. B. Hodgson, formerly Of this city
is the dentist. Both enjoy a high
standing there in their respective pro
fessions.
Mr.. M. S. Carl showed us thru the
new Clara City State Bank building
which is handsome structure tha,
will compare favorably with the bes
in any larger town.