Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-01-26
NORTHERN MINNESOTA
HELD INTERESTING AND PRO
FITABLE BUSINESS SESSION
AT BRAINERD 3

sofa Editorial association came to an
end yesterday afternoon after one of
the best attended and most interesting
sessions in it's history.
Will Wilke of Grey Eagle was elect
ed PRESIDENT; Geo. E. Ericsson Of Spoon
err, vice president, and A. G.. Rutledge
of Minneapolis, secretary and treasur-
err, reelected for the ninth term.
These officers, with H. P. Phillips,
Mahnomen, A. L. LaFreniere, Grand
Rapids, and H. Mayne Stanton, Bemid
il, will constitute the executive COM
mittee.
Fergus Falls was selected as the place
to hold the next business meeting, in
January, 1918.
The association accepted an invi-
tation to hold their summer outing at
\ Minneapolis, at the some time as the
National Editorial association meeting
in July.
One Of the most interesting discus
sions was on the high cost Of print
paper, after which the following reso-
luton was passed:
"The Northern Minnesota Editorial
association does not deem it advisable
that the publishers Of Minnesota shall
engage in a cooperative paper mill en-
terprise or that the state of Minnesota
shall engage in such an enterprise at
+ this time.''
The sense of the association was that
it is probably unwise to attempt to
correct so uncertain situation as that
which at present obtains in +h" p""er
market by forming a cooperative CON-
pany Of publishers and that it is GER
tainly too early to 90 on record with
nst
against, hence the passage of the above
motion.
All the papers read at the business
session were most practical and the
discussions were lively and highly in
teresting.
The social features of the conven-
ton were of most elaborate and en-
Pertaining characted. The banquet
served at the Ransford hotel was fol-
lowed by list of clever toasts and the
newspaper men, once started along the
line Of oratory, kept it up until mid
night at the smoker in the Commercial
club.
Under the auspices Of the local COM
mittees, a visit was paid to the big
Northern Pacific shops, the newspaper
mill on the banks of the Mississippi
and other points of interest. The
Northern Pacific carnival marching
club, 600 strong, headed by it's own
band, paradcd the main streets for the
y delight of the editors.
Support Paper Fight
Resolutions indorsing the work of
the committee of the Minnesota State
Editorial association in it's effort to
relieve the present prohibitive price
of print paper and their effort to
conserve the available water power
and pulp wood lands in the state, to-
gether with an expression Of apprecia-
ton for the work accomplished by P.
j. Vasaly, retiring president, were
adopted. Mr.. Vasaly at the smoker
was presented with an appropriately
engraved silver water pitcher.
"All good things that have been said
in our resolutions during the past nine
: years about our secretary, A. G. Rut
ledgfe, are hereby punched and reaf-
firmcd,' was the resolutions commit
tees tribute to the association secre-
tary.
Granville s. Pease of Anoka, G. F.
Mcdonald Of st. Cloud, Frank Ives Of
Cass Lake and Col. A. J. Halsted of
Brainerd were voted life memberships.
Resolutions passed are as follows:
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The members Of the Northern Mime.
this. our ninth annual business session.
has been one OF the most successful
eId, the newspaper fraternity and the
Hospitality that has been shown US dur
ing our short sojourn in the city; for
the interesting entertainment, BANQUET
form courtesy that has been extended
to Us on every hand:
With an association such as the
can be no doubt as to the future Of the
CITY. That the effort that is now being
made by the organization to secure the
will be successful is our earnest desire.
We appseGiats the invitaton given
carnival on February 10th. From the
club there can be no doubt of the sue
yasaly, who during the past year has
e's and s a9e sasfe the sa:
ISOLATION and who has been SO largely
respor BILE for the success of this meet
ing and the summer outing at Casl
An. the good things that have been
nine Years. about our SECRETARY 4 e A. pa" e.
Rntledge. are hereby punched and re:
affirmed May all of his hopes and
aspirations be realized.
The Northern ciac Railway com;
to our successes by special trains, ex-
cellent service and personal attention
< has continued to shower US with those
same courtesies during this meeting
and have our continuing gratitude.
mittee Of the Minnesota State Editorial
prohtbitive price Of print paper and be-
1ieve the movement whose aim is te
pulpwood land a worthy one. and is en-
titled to the support Of every resident
Of Minnesota.
We commend the officials Of the De-
partment Of the State Bureau Of 1mmi-
grafton for their earnest advocacy OF
constitutional amendment No: !, during
che legislature to take full cognizance
Of the services rendered to the state Of
minnesota by the Immigratio Bureau
q bringing new settlers into the state
III. p. PHILLIPS,
CLAUD ATKINSON,
WILLIAM WILKE,