The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-01
BATES COUNTY EDITORS
ENDORSE ACTION OF
STATE ASSOCIA-
TION
Enthusiastic Meeting of County
Association at Adrian Re-
views Trade Conditions.

The Bates County Press Asso-
citation which met at Adrian Fri
day unanimously passed a reso-
luton endorsing the activities Of
the Missouri Press Association in
it's efforts to secure relief for the
publishers of the state from the
present unreasonable costs OF
printers stocks and rendered the .
support of the Association to At
torncy General Frank w. Nc
Allistcr in his investigation of all
alleged combination among paper
manufacturers and dealers.
The resolution was passed fol
lowing the report of Lewis W.
Moore of the Hume Telephone,
who attended the recent meeting
of the State Press Association in
St. Louis which was called for the
purpose of investigating paper
conditions. Following is the res
olution as adopted:
Resolved, That this association
approves the action of the Mis-
souri, State Press Association in
it's efforts to solve the print
paper problem for the country
press and we give our cordial
support to Attorney General
Frank McAllistcr in his efforts
to locate and punish any unlawful
combination of paper dealers, if
any such combination exists in
the state, and we view with alarm
the attitude of the metropolitan
press Of the state as tending to
confirm the suspicion that they
are standing with the paper CON
Germs against the country press.
The meeting, which was one OF
the most successful and interest
ing held by the county association
was called to order at 2 :3o
o'clock in the city hall Ivy Presi-
dent j. +. Dowell and an inter
csting program of shop talks and
. discussions of trade conditions
| was had. Eight OF the twelve
publications in the county were
represented. .,
After the program OF the meet
inc election of Officers for the en-
suing year was held and all Off
GERS of tho association We're re
elected by acclamation. The offl-
GERS are: President, j. +. DoweIl,
Adrian journal; Secretary, Lewis
W. Moore, Hume Telephone;
Treasurer, Mrs. Ada Pattee, Am
sterdam Enterprise.
At five o'clock the editors ar-
cepted the invitation of Mr..
Dowcll to be the guests at dinner
of himself and his charming wife
and unanimously accepting were
escorted to the Rccdcr Hotel
where, under the direction of Mr..
and Mrs. Dowell, one of the most
sumptious rcpasts the writer ever
enjoyed had been prepared by the
proprictors, Mr.. and Mrs. &. M.
| Gort-. Ftr dining room-was beat
| tifully decorated and the bounti-
full daintily prepared dinner was
| served the editors by a bcvy of
| charming young ladies, handsome,
ly gownrd. The menu consisted
of bullion in cups served with
olives. pickles and celery, roast
turkey with dressing, potatoes,
grape fruit salad with cranberry
juice, marshmallow salad, spiced
baked apple with whipped cream,
asparagus on toast. ice cream and
cake, coffee, milk and tea. Ev-
cry dish was a masterpiece of the
culinary art and the service was
delightful. After the dinner,
POSTMASTER w. o. Atkeson, of the
Bates County Record introduced
Rev. r. NJ. Talbert of the Chris
tian church, editor of the Chris
tian Courier, who addressed the
| editors upon 1.-The Fine Art OF
Cooperation" a most interesting
talk, richly interspersed with
sparkling anecdotes and heartily
Il m, ,ovo1