The Julesburg grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1907-1972, 1917-05-17
Colorado Editors Attend
Conference With the
Chief Executive
WARPLANS FORMED
Greatest Day State Ever Knew
Declares Governor Gunter in Re-
ferring to Last Mondays
Meeting in Denver

About 100 editors in the state
of Colorado journeyed to Den
yer last Monday to attend the
conference held in that city on
that day with Governor Gunter.
The meeting was held at the re-
quest of the governor, and in
the words of the chief executive,
1T was the Greatest Day the
State Ever Knew" Members Of
the Colorado Editorial Associa-
ton from all parts of the state
were present when the meeting
was convened in the house cham
Der of the state house. Besides
the editors there were also pres
ent at the morning session rep
resentatives of numerous other
organizations. Editor Fry of
the Sedgwick Sun and P. R. Nc
Dowell. editor of the Grit-Advo-
cate represented Sedgwick coun-
ty as members of the Editorial
Association and County Com
missioner. Edward Fischer, rer-
resented this county as one of
it's officials.
Governor Gunter requested the edi-
tors to come to Denver that he might
tell them a number of things which
he thought they should know. Abb
solute frankness marked the position
Of the governor in discussing the war
situation with the members of the
Colorado Editorial Association. On
the other hand absolute frankness
marked the responses of the editors
to the governor and to the men he
had selected to discuss the various
situations that exists in Colorado.
From the time the meeting conven-
Cd at ten o'clock Monday morning un-
ii the last session adjourned at 1890
th.t night, the governor was in con-
stan, attendance with the editors, dis
cussins plans, offering suggestions,
taking their suggestions and arrang-
ing for me centralized publicity bur
eau with the hope that out of it all
would cone more efficient Colora-
do for war purposes.
Shortly NJ, appeal to the state will
he issued as ! result of last Mondays
meeting which will bear the sanction
of practically I'll of the organizations
of every description in the state.
David EIiott of Colorado Springs,
presider. of the Colorado Editorial
Association, presided at all of the
meetings. Governor Gunter opened the
session with short talk in which he
told how Colorado is doing her share
in the world war and in which he de-
clared that there is no apathy in the
state but that the people are respond
ing nobly to his call. He indicated
that it might be necessary to call an
extra session of the legislature and
that he wanted the editors to discuss
frankly and fully the manner in which
extra revenues could be raised and
the manner in which the entire work
of the state may be carried on.
The governor spoke quietly but al
so forcefully and long before he was
through the editors realized that the
task of whipping Germany is no small
Job and that Colorado must play an
important part in the work
Clarence P. Dodge of the Colorado
SPRINGS Gazette responded to the gov
ernor and assured him that every edl-
tor in the state would be back of HIM
in the work he was trying to do.
Gerald Hughes, who represents the
governor at the war conferences in
Waxhinpton. returned to the state to