Belding banner., 1916-07-26

an attendance last year OF over 700.
The picnic this year will be held
August Gath and among the speakers
will be the president of the company,
j. III. p. Hughart, Gov. Woodbridge N.
Ferris, DIR. Eben Mumford, and Dean
II. S. Shaw of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College
While the tourists were in peace
full slumber in their parlor car berths
at an early hour they were set going
on their way north.
At Reed City the party were met
by Mayor Sam Horncr; M. M. Callag-
han, president of the Osceola County
Board of Commerce; F. 0. Huclkle,
one of the publishers of the Osceola
County Herald, and the Reed City
band. The visitors falling in behind
the band, marched in procession to
the new Herald building. After in
specting the new and complete news
paper plant here they were placed in
automobiles and driven to the Metho-
dist camp meeting grounds, where
they were treated to substantial and
finely cooked breakfast, provided by
the Reed City business men. Mayor
Horner officially and cordially well
coined the visitors, and the officials,
business men and ladies were suitably
thanked for their cordial hospitality
by President z. B. Blett. M. M. Cal
laghan, president of the Osceola
County Board of Commerce, was
among the several who were called
upon for talks and told of the great
amount of good accomplished for Os-
ceola county through the boys pota-
to contest of last year. This, he stat
ed, was the result of an entire county
cooperation, and he urged that all
publishers go home and work for the
county unit in agricultural matters as,
he said, with each town doing it's
work separately, it was case of pull
ing down instead of pulling together.
The editors were agreeably surprised
at the progressive spirit manifest ev-
erywhere in Reed City.
Cadillac, the "City of Quality" and
opportunity was next on the itinery.
The special train arrived at eleven
o'clock Thursday and remained until
four o'clock in the afternoon. Of the
visit the Cadillac News-Express says:
Between one hundred and fifty and
two hundred members of the West
Michigan Press Association, accom-
panied by their wives and daughter
and sweethearts, were the guests of
Cadillac today, from eleven o'clock un-
til four. If the several hours spent in
Cadillac by the newspaper people of
the western section of Michigan have
not been enjoyable it was not because
the people of this city were not
thoughtful Of them and did not do
their best to give enjoyment. Our
visitors were met at the G.. r. & /.
depot when their special train pulled
in and were presented with bouquets
of pretty flowers. A committee Of
Young girls under direction of Miss
Christabel Sawyer had charge of the
flower presentation. From the railroad
station the Press Association people
went to the Elks temple, where fine
dinner perpared by the ladies of the
Baptist church was served.
After the dinner Mr.. Powers as
president of the Chamber of Com
merce presented Mayor McMullen and
+. o. Gaffney to express formal and
newspaper visitors, and replies were
made by President Blett and by sew
eral members of the Press kssocia-
tion and its guests.
Mr.. +. j. Radey added to the pleas
well rendered songs, the second in re-
sponse to very cordial encore.
At two o'clock an automobile trip
was entered upon which included
ride through the city and some sur
rounding country and around as much
of the recently completed cement
utilized today. About forty automo-
-aI 20 alI rhr
wished to take the ride.
a refreshing drink of lemonade, a
the members of the West Michigan
Press Association boarded their train
of special coaches and started on their
further northbound trip.
"The entertainment of the newspa.
per people here was provided for un-
der the auspices of the Cadillac Cham
ber of Commerce and under especial
direction of Chairman J. l., st. John
and his group of efficient committee
men. The incident was quite credi-
table to Cadillac and its people and
was very generously commented up
on by our newspaper visitors"
Cadillac is unique and a different
city. Not only is it provided with
the usual desirable possessions of
other ambitious cities of it's class,
public school buildings valued at $780,
600. including a fine new high school
and manual training structure. six
teen churches. $4,000 court house,
S25. 900 city hall, modern and ade-
ouate opera house, with all the up-to-
date provisions in the way Of water
works. gas and electric light plants,
sewage disposal plant and paid fire
and police department, but Cadillac