The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-04

J. c.. Morrison of Morris, president
of the Minnesota Editorial association,
for his attendance and remarks on
matters of interest pertaining to the
craft, and to Larry Ho of st. Paul,
for words of good cheer and fellow
ship.
ITO the retiring president. F. E.
Hadley, sincere gratitude is due for
his conscientious work on behalf OF the
association, during the past year, and
it is hereby unstintingly rendered.
ITO the management of the Grand
and Sandon theatres we herewith eX-
press our hearty thanks for the en-
tertainment furnished at their re-
spective places of entertainment
Philip Liesch, John l.. King, Paul D.
Neff, committee on resolutions.
LARRY Ho" On Program.
At the second supper, during which
Jokes and anecdotes constituted as
important an item as any of the
courses served, the principal speaker
was Larry Ho," or Lawrence Hodson,
a former st. Paul editor, now secre~
tary of the mayor of that city. MI.
Hodson, in his usual fascinating way,
served ND time honored thoughts with
new word dressings, preachings the
doctrine of brotherly love and good
fellowship in way that held the
attention of his audience from hrst
to last as effectually as an address
on an entirely new subject could nave
done.
J. F. REYNOLDS of The Mankato
Free Press was called upon by the
POSTMASTER, F. E. Hadley. and told
his impressions of the old-time tramp
printer. He said he was always de-
lighted to meet any o. these rellcs
of the good old days when newspapers
were set up by hand. He thouSht
that in those, old times there was
more romance to the occupation OF
the newspaper man than in these
DAYS of commercialism, when even
the newspapers had become more like
other big business concerns. He spoke
of visits that tramp printers occa-
sionally paid at the editorial sane
tum of The Free Press, and how their
calls always brought to mind sweet
recollections OF the days that are no
more.
Talk BY State President.
]. G.. Morrison presented to the edl-
tors a hearty invitation to attend the
annual meeting of the Minnesota State
Editorial association, which will take
place on February II, Is and 10 at
Minneapolis. He spoke of the golden
iubilee and other features OF the pro-
gram.
w. R. Hodges of The Sleepy Eye
DISPATCH expressed the hope that Min
nesota would have good representa-
ton at the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Editorial association, OF which
he is treasurer. The convention VIII
take place in New York city on June
&c. II and IS. The editors will take
a trip up the Hudson river, through
New England and into Canada, visit
ing Nova Scotia.
Frank w. Hunt, president of The
Free Press Printing company, urged
the editors to visit that establishment
today, and be shown the plant.
Others who spoke were Robert For
est of Lake Wilson and P. J. Carter
of The Adrian Democrat. Excellent
music, appropriate to the occasion,
was furnished from time to time by
the orchestra of the Grand theatre.
"Among Those Present"
Among the newspaper people in
attendance at the session of the Elk's
club yesterday afternoon were j. V.
Weber, of Slayton, editor of the
Murray County Herald; Colonel q.
E. Hadley OF Winnebago, editor OF
the Winnebago Enterprise; Robert
B. Forrest, Lake Wilson, editor OF
the Pilot: w. F. Mailer, of Spring
field, editor of The Advance; Paul
Neff, editor of the Lake Crystal I'm
ion; John King, editor of the Jackson
Pilot; A. O. Moreau, Luverne, edi-
tor of the Rock County Herald; A
NJ. Welles, editor of the Worthington
Globe; c.. A. Portman and Victor
Portman, editors of the Currie indie
pendent; Seth Thornton, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. c.. Hotaling, Mapleton En-
terprise; James Rauane, Slayton Ga
zette; Oliver Duane, city; Miss Har-
riet Payne of the New Ulm Review;
Mrs. Bessie Wilson, Redwood Falls
Gazette; Captain Albert Steinhauser,
New Ulm Review; Philip Liesch, New
Ulm, editor Brown County Journal;
P. j. Carter, Adrian Democrat; j.
T. Coughlan, Waseca Herald; VIII
liam Curtiss, st. James Plaindealer;
J. C. Morrison, president of the
state association, Morris, Mimi; Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. West, Morgan Mes
senger; o. j. Duane, ST. Peter Her
aid; Mrs. F. H. Griffin and C. E.
Young of The Good Thunder Herald;
Herman Haislett, ST. James Indepen-
dent
Manager William Clark of the Elks
club, is entitled to large measure
of praise for the manner in which
he had served the dinner in the cafe
at $50 and the Dutch lunch which
followed at 10: 80. Every detail was
nicely and carefully looked after and
the newspaper men expressed them
selves as being highly pleased with
the affair.
r.orc Saturdays Daily.
AS forecasted in last nights Free
Press, the three younger boys of the
four youthful burglars who raided the
Day hardware store at Eagle Lake
recently, were placed on probation
late Yesterday afternoon by Judge w .