The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-25
ONE MEETING
ANNUALLY FOR
STATE EDITORS
Publishers at Dickinson
Vote in Favor of Sum-
mer Meeting
BANQUET IN ELKS
HALL BIG FEATURE
Fryburg Pioneer Gets Out
Extra on Arrival of
Gang in Village

Members Of the North Dakota Press
association. returning from the sum-
mer convention held at Dickinson,
express in unstinted terms the well
come and the open hospitality shown
the visitors by the Queen City of the
Prairies" and also at Fryburg where
the wild wests show was staged.
Hold Annual Meetings.
The most important piece Of BUSH
ness acted upon was voting in favor
of an annual instead of semi-annual
convention. This matter was brought
before the association at the annual
convention held in Bismarck in Jan
uary, but action Yves deferred until
the summer meeting. The meetings
hereafter will be held in the summer.
Grand Forks, picked at the Bismarck
convention for the next winter meet
ing place, will entertain the summer
convention instead. Grand Forks, at
that time, was voted the winter meet
son had made a fight for the sum-
mer session.
The banquet was the most enjoy
able event of the summer meeting,
being held Friday evening, June %.
Eat and be merry-Tomorrow you
may go to war;" was the motto print
ed on the front page Of the banquet
Dickinson, presided as POSTMASTER.
Attorney Simpson Presides.
The POSTMASTER was Hon. L. M. Simp-
son, of Dickinson, who took the place
Of r. ]. Hughes; editor of The Wah-
peton Globe Gazette. His message
was why We're Here. This was
followed by a Selection from the
Dickinson male quartet. M. I. Fork
ner. editor Of The Langdon Republi-
can, spoke on "Reminiscences Edi-
tor Frank e. Ellickson, of The Regent
Times, gave a musical selection, "The
subject of the toast given by Attor-
THE Dear Ladies'. Norman B. Black,
OF The Fargo Forum, followed with a
vocal selection. ..-
John Charmley, editor of The Mott
Spotlight, gave a toast on the ubJect OF
"Out on the Slope; Mrs. A. P. Nacht-
wey, of Dickinson, sang ION the Road
to Mandalay," and Tom Parker Jun
kin, of The Grand Forks Herald,
gave "Just a Little Story. Following
the banquet all got aboard" for the
grand ball held in the Elks' audi
forum and the smoker held in the
club rooms.
Visit the Bad Lands.
Saturday morning the visitors and
their wives left by auto to the edge
of the Bad Lands. At FTyburg lunch
was taken. Here the visitors were
showered with extras gotten out by
The Fryburg Pioneer which stated
that "The Pioneer issues this slight
edition in behalf Of the people of
Fryburg and vicinity and dedicates it
to the men who, today, as members Of
the North Dakota Press association,
are visiting our town, to whom all
Fryburg bids welcome.
In the afternoon the wild west"
show was the entertainment feature
which consisted of the quadrille on
horse back, bull-dogging, fancy rid
ing, bucking horse riding, branding on
the open range and roping.
The officers of the association were
elected at the annual meeting held in
Bismarck, being: g. A. Monteith, Of
The Finley Beacon, president; M. I.
Forkner, Of The Langdon Republican,
first vice president; E. L. Peterson, Of
The Dickinson Press, second vice
president; J. H. McGarry, Of The
Alexander Chronicle, third vice presi-
dent: D. r. Carlson, of The Towner
News Tribune, secretary, and Edward
Sullivan, of The New Salem Journal,
treasurer.
Present and Future Fryburg.
The Fryburg Pioneers extra stated
that the visitors do not have to
stretch their necks to see Fryburg, but
that they should have seen it four
years ago. It was only a matter of
about four years ago when all there
was to the village was post along
side the track with the name Of the
town on 1t.