Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-08-08
EDITORS ENTHU-
SIAS1ICOVERCITY
Members of Central Wisconsin Press
Association Spend Day In City
and Are Made Welcome
rom Waupaca County Post


merchants Of Waupaca entertained the
Central Wisconsin Press Association
Friday the annual summer outing ses-
sion being held here, and proving sue
cessful and enjoyable, although num-
Der of the members of the association
were unable to attend on account of
train schedule and a rain Friday
morning that prevented many west
of Stevens Point coming by auto
The visiting editors and their fam
lilies registered at the office of the
Waupaca County Post as they arrived
and at 1890 went to South Park
where they partook of a basket lunch.
The program arranged for this
time was deferred until night so that
the visitors might attend the Honor
men celebration up town.
After the parade of Select men,
the editorial guests were taken to the
Chain O. Lakes where they were
taken in launches through the beau
tiful lakes, a feature which was evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed by all.
At $50 a chicken dinner was
served by Mine Host Bellinger at
the Inn Hotel, a number of the busi-
ness men and the mayor also attend
ing with the Waupaca Post force.
D. F. Burnham acted as POSTMASTER.
The forenic entertainment was
good, although the addresses were
brief. Mayor E. W. Nelson expressed
the welcome extended by the citizens
to the editors and his short address
was appreciated by the visitors.
A response to the address of well
come was made by John w. Glennon
of Stevens Point who in a few we'll
chosen words expressed the pleasure
realized by all who came to the
meeting, and he also spoke of the
beauties of the city and lakes.
L. A. Drown Of the lola Herald
smoke on "War Time Problems of
Tie Country Weekly" speaking spe-
cially of four things which had
brought gray hairs to many editorial
heads.
Mr.. J. E. Cristy spoke for the
merchants on "The Relation of the
Public to the Newspaper" praising
the press for its unselfsh devotion
to the nation and also suggesting
that the press is responsible for any
failure in social and political life in
their communities.
An interesting feature Of this ad-
dress was the account of two ner-
chants who spoke at Chicago recent
ly at a retail merchants convention.
One merchant in Ohio who did bust
ness last year to the amount of
S650,000 in a town of 1,500 and
known in the mercantile world as the
biggest man in small town, attrib-
uted his success to early linking him.
self with the newspaper. Another
merchant who did $46O,O0O business
in a city of 5000 population also at
tributed large measure of his sue
cess to judicious newspaper adver-
tising.
Editor Geo. E. Crothers of Neills-
Vile, who in addition to conducting
a newspaper has the management of
a large dairy farm during the alb
sence of his two sons who are in the
army, was to have spoken on "Doing
Our Bit" AS Mr. Crothers was un-
able to attend the meeting, Editor B..
E.. Walters, secretary of the Press
Association, handled this topic in his
usual able manner. He paid tribute
to the 166 young men who that day
had left Waupaca county and said it
is impossible for any man or woman
true to his country or his race to do
anything short of his best after wit
Messing the determination and manly
purpose stamped upon the counten-
ance of each and every young man
among them. Editors are doing
their bit and as a class are contribut-
ing as literally as their limited in
come will permit 1t was with no
tinge of disloyalty that he referred to
the volume of matter sent out by diff
ferent boards and commissions and
Councils of Defense to fill the col
umns of the weekly papers of the
country. He believed it would be
well for the authorities to practice
conservation of print paper by reduc-
ing the amount sent to every news
paper in the land. Any man fitted
| to run paper should be able to
write better for his locality than
| much of the matter that crowds the
! mails addressed to the editors table
and of necessity must go under the
table. Another fact noted by the
speaker is the fact that the govern
ment expects to pay and does pay for
every commodity it must have for
| the successful conduct of the great
world conflict except the space of the
newspapers that is needed by the
/ government to ENCOURAGE and nro.