The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-13
Press Club That Quit.

| Press Club That Quit.
Owing to dissentions that arose
among the newspaper men them
selves, the eastern Idaho Press club
ceased to function and for number
| of years nobody representing the
press has made any request of the
Legislature for revision of laws, how
ever unjust they are to the news
paper men. A year and half ago,
some of the progressive Republican
editors of the state organized what
they called the Idaho Republican
Press association and it has been the
only body in the state active in be-
half of the press in any capacity.
In 1919 the editor of the Idaho Re-
publican and his bunch of employees
put on an event called newspaper
fair and it dealt with some of the
publishers problems. It was so sue
cessful in it's, way that plans have
been in the making and are now in
progress for putting on a larger fair
in the spring of 1921 to be called
the Inter-mountain Newspaper fair,
at which will be exhibited very
large array of newspaper equipment
and at which there will be spread for
analysis, many of the problems con-
fronting and embarrassing the pub
fishers today.
A Newspaper Fair.
Ever since the little newspaper
fair held at Blackfoot in 1919, there
has been a demand among the news
paper men Of this section to have
more meetings, and that kind of
meetings that both Democrats and
Republicans could attend. Each one
left it for somebody else to attend to
and because everybody was neglect
ing it, Byrd TregQ and j. Robb Brady
called a meeting at Pocatello on the
Both Of November to review and dis
cuss whatever the publishers wanted
to when they got together. Mr.. Trego
planned the program and the Ban
mock Hotel Company acted as hosts
for the occasion and brief report
of that meeting is the purpose of this
article. Because Of the peculiar con-
ditions confronting the newspaper
business, many publishers regard it
next to impossible to take any trips
during the week and If they attend
meetings or conventions they in
sist on having them on Saturday or
Sunday or both. This meeting was
held on Tuesday because 1t was cas-
Ter for the hotel to find room for
SO many extra guests during the week
than on Sunday when they are usu-
ally crowded. This fact made it GER
tain that some Of the publishers
would be unable to attend, If their
belief was correct that they could
not get away excepting on Saturday
or Sunday. Thirty publishers attend
ed the meeting and for the purpose
Of getting them acquainted with the
public, we give herewith list Of
their names and the publications or
firms they represent.
Publishers Present.
B. H. Reed, Of the Idaho Falls
Post; X. e. Terrence, of the Ameri-
can Falls Post; e. T. Barber, of the
Shoshone Journal; o. H. Barber, Of
American Falls; H. W. Berry, of the
Bull Herald; Chas. England, of the
Logan Journal; Chas. G. Summer, G..
Nicholas lift and John H. Kane, Of
the Pocatello Tribune; Harold Jen-
ness, of the Nampa Leader Herald;
Geo. M. Lee, Of the Mountainhome
v. A. Kedney, of the !
Pocatello News; ]. F. Baird, OF the
Meridian Times; Fred Hitchings, Of
the Western Newspaper Union; Byrd
Trego, Wesley Lantis and George
Wheeler of the Blackfoot Republi-
can; e. J. Potter, of the Mail Print
ing company, Pocatello; G. A.
Bottolfsen, of the Arco Advertiser;
Mr.. Kelly, of the Ashton Enterprise;
r. w. Spangler, of the New West
Salt Lake; Frank Porter,
Of the Downey Idahoan; q. N. Ohm
stead, OF the Cambridge Times; J.. F.
Whitney, of the McCammon News;
r. G. Brantley, OF the Carpenter Pa
per company; H. p. Pinkney, of Po-
catello; Frederick w. Smith, OF the
Porte Publishing company, Salt
Lake; James HI. Wallis, OF the Yer
nal Express; John A. Wallis, of the
Paris Post; Alva o. Mcclure, Of the
rremonton, Utah, Leader; S. q. Bra
~, H. W. Hall, Major Fred r. Reed
IF Pocatello and Joel Priest Of Boise.
New Bannock Hotel. i
The New Baiinock Hotel as shown
a the accompanying picture is to
consist Of three units, the first unit
,eing completed now as shown IN
ne picture and the old part OF the
lotel has been remodeled and is op-