The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-08-29

to Linton to take charge of the EN-
monsECounty Record, the pioneer pub
lication of our sister shire, introduced
as asWorthy son of a worthy sire who
was4Sthe Henry Watterson of early
NorthD Dakota informed the bunch that
he Wasn' t prepared to quit yet. He
told OF coming back from a years
service with. the national army to dis
|. coversIle raid which has been made
on theSpress of his home state. 1t was
not, however, the first time he had
been up; against it. Once, in the early
! days ssof old Emmons county, he had
helpedsget out the Record for whole
wintersin hole in the ground. I'm
going to stay with the game as long
as ! hare one penny left, and believe
| that right finally will triumph; that
evil-doers will receive their just de-
serts. The time will come when the
diabolical schemers of this Townley-
Mills Brinton boss ring will reap the
full reward Of the storm they have
I'sownand intend to be there for the
finish. .a ss
The Doughboy Is Right
sergt Russell Diesem of LaMoure
spoke from the viewpoint of the dough
boy. Z l S 0z
He declared that just as the dough
| boy had Always been ready to go over
the topSoYer there, he was ready now
to go over the top over here. Bolshev-
ism, socialism, nihilism, syndicalism,
all the5frpth and fret of anarchy, he
declared, must go. 1--WE must" he as
serted, the close of his witty and
pepful talB skim the dross from our
melting pot s,ss Il.
5. 81 leaning llp The Mess +"
81 The par ttias ande pendent.t honest,
God fearihg press Of North Dakota
must play in, cleaning up the press
was elaborated upon by M. l.. Forkner,
the fighting publisher from Langdon,
who will for another year head the
| state press association.
Norman Black of the Fargo Forum
sang Your Flag and My Flag" and
,, "Annie Laurie" as only he can sing
| them, and lie led the crowd in rousing
! community. choruses. Frank Ellickson
of the Regent Times sang "The Sun
shine of Your Smile" and responded
with humorous encore, and David
DeHaven of Fargo, whose beautiful
voice was heard for the first time at a
North Dakota press gathering, delight
ed with two splendid numbers. After
the feed everyone was transported in
motor cars to the Mandan Country
club, whose large dancing floor and
roomy, breeze-swept corridors became
the scene of festivities which contin-
ued until early this morning.
Election OF Officers
The annual election of officers, held
Friday, resulted in the unanimous re-
election Of M. l. Forkner to lead the
North Dakota Press association for an
other year. The full complement Of
executives chosen were:
+ M. l. Forkner, president.
j. H. McGarry, first vice president.
L. j. Bowen, second vice president.
E. M. Crary, third vice president.
E. H. Tosteyin, secretary.
4 ,,d :C,,H;uor
Executive .committee-M. I. Forkner
Langdon; R. J. Hughes, Wahpeton;
N. B. Black, Fargo; P. R. Trubshaw,
Valley City; E. H. Tostevin, Mandan.
Town!ey Press Disappointed
C. X. Gummerson, a reporter for
the Townley pres, was grievously dis
appointed when he visited the Com
mercial club rooms where the conven-
tion was in progress and he was in
vited in and Informed that it would
not be necessary to resort to any key
hole methods to obtain his story of the
meeting. Representatives Of 100 in
dependent newspapers at the morning
session had dbadopted the following re-
solution: "a. ,,rs.. -
+ Resolved that this convention has
no secrets from the public and that we
allow the propaganda writers Of the
.EoWnIey press to attend the sessions"
35 Mr.. Gnmmerson was courteously re-
,ceiyed, provided with seat we'll up
in3S front, and when came time for
him to write his story he, was furnish:
ed with an official typewriter. The
following resolution was passed for
his especial benefit ss
Resolved, That We the editors of the
North Dakota Press Association, u.