The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-08-10

weather conditions, the 1915
summer meeting Of the North
Dakota Press association held
at Lake Metigoshe Friday and
Saturday proved most success
full.
The attendance of visiting
newspaper men was cotnpara-
lively small, owing to the re-
peated heavy rains in the differ
.ent sections of the state just
preceding the convention.
Most of the editors had planned
to make the trip by automobile
and many of these. gave up the
trip on account of the bad
roads. Others who started out
encountered so much mud that
they became discouraged and
turned back.
The largest delegation arriv-
ed on Thursday evening 8
train, and the cars conveying
them to the lake had barely
left town when one OF the
heaviest rains of the season
broke loose. The trip to Nett
eoshe was, therefore, far from
pleasant, as considerable diff
Guilty was experienced in climb
ing the hills.
Friday turned out to be quite
a delightful day and that day S
program was carried out practi-
cally as scheduled.
Saturday afternoon it again
commenced raining and, there
was constant downpour until
late at night. AS result the
roads became practically i'm
passable and the days program
was sadly interfered with.
Sunday, which would no
doubt have been the big day at
the lake, started out gloomy
and forbidding from the morn
ing hours and this, together
with the wretchedly.. muddy
roads, kept practically every
one from making the trip who
had contemplated doing so.
The opening business session
of the convention was held in
the assembly tent Friday fore
noon, President Weeks of the
Bottineau Commercial Club
welcoming the visiting scribes
in few we'll chosen words.
This was responded to by q. A.
Monteith of Finley, vice presi-
dent of the association.
President Hughes spoke on
the progress made by the asso-
citation and urged more interest
in membership campaign that
would enlist practically every
newspaper man in the state
under the N. d. P. A. banner.
Following the report of Sec
retary Carlson, w. b. Nc
Laughlin of Kenmare, member
of the executive committee,
outlined membership cam
paign, planned by the execu-
tive committee and this plan
was unanimously adopted.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened
with an interesting report by
E. NJ. Crary of Devils Lake.
chairman of the insurance
committee appointed at the last
winter meeting. Mr.. Crary
reported that organization
work on the proposed Publish
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
was progressing nicely, with
the prospect that sufficient in
surance would be pledged to
secure a charter within the
next few months.
NJ. /. Forkner of Langdon
presented q very interesting
paper on How Can We Best
Meet the Increasing Cost OF
Production?" A lively discus
sion ensued until the, conclu-
sion of the business session,
At 4: 80 the visiting publish
ers were given a launch trip on
Lake Metigoshe, crossing the
Canadian border at the north
end Of the lake.
During the afternoon the
visiting ladies were entertain
ed by the Womans' Club Of
Bottineau. a reception being
given on the piazza OF the spac.
ious Cathro cottage following
boat trip of the lake.
At 7:3O a concert was given
by the Bottineau Military band
at the west end resort. follow
ing which tile scribes and their
ladies' enjoyed dancing at Bur.
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