The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-11-26
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Senator M. B. Yeaman OF Idaho
Falls, chief advocate of consolidation
Of newspapers at the August meeting
Of the Idaho Republican Press Club
which convened at HALEY, and who
has since consolidated the Idaho
Register with the Idaho Falls Times
will address the meeting on "Con.
solidation as It Looks to Man after
the Facts" '
B. H. Reed, publisher Of the Idaho
Falls Post, another daily paper, both
before and after the consolidation
of its two competitors, will give his
observations of business conditions al
affected by the consolidation. These
gentlemen are expected to make an
honest-to-goodness confession of con.
ditions exactly as they confronted
them in their work SO that all the
other publishers sitting around the
table may gain absolute reliable In:
formation from men who have been
thru the mill. All manner of caution
and self interest are expected to be
thrown to the winds in these ad-
dresses and speakers will make a
clean-cut confessional.
K. e. Torrance, editor of the
American Falls Press, another paper
that has recently consolidated with
two of it's competitors, will also ad-
dress the meeting on the subject Of
consolidation ais he has seen it in a
smaller town. Mr.. Torrance is another
gentleman who will make an honest
to-go0dness confession of the situa-
tion as he saw it both before and
after the consolidation. Mr.. Torrance
promises to get right down to the
homely facts in the case, subtracting
all pride, pretense and assumption
and giving the human features as he
sees them.
The matter of consolidation will
be further discussed by George
Wheeler, reporter and city editor of
the Idaho Repu blican, who was the
chief actor in combining three news
papers in Wood river valley, two
years ago and he also will give an
honest-to-goodness confession of the
conditions both before and after the
consolidation. Mr. Wheeler's obser-
vations will have special value be-
cause of the peculiar condition exist
ing in the Wood river valley, rela-
tive to certain brands of newspaper
practice that probably exist to some
degree in all the other towns but
not in the same degree in
any other town. If Mr.. Wheeler
makes complete confessional of all
the conditions he found confronting
him Immediately after the CONSOLE
dation due to the practices of for
mer years, he will have keenly in
audience and a great moral
lesson will follow his remarks.
G. A. Bottolfsen, editor of the
at Arco, will read pa
per on the subject of the crookedest
road in the world involving a brief
description of some of the scenic
wonders in the region of the Cander
Duties on the line of auto travel be-
tween Arco and Picabo, about half
way between Blackfoot and HALEY
IS the crow flies. This will be a SUBJ
ect that man can not do justice to
n one paper or one address, but Mr.. !
3ottolfsen will have the honor of !
iring the first gun on the subject /,
hat will be heard from later thru
he press of Idaho.
James H. Wallis, publisher of the
Express at Vernal, Utah and head of
he public health department of the
state Of Utah, will address the pub
ishers on the subject of team work
o show what can be accomplished by
united press working to one GEN.
raj object. Mr.. Wallis is wonder
I'll organizer and with a broad Wis
On of the future he has organized
he press of Utah to a 1000 mem
ership, standardized their prices and
ractices, raised the standard of ex-
ellence in their work and has there
y given to the State of Utah a clean ;
r and more efficient press than they
YER had before.
Byrd Trego of the Idaho Republi-
IN will speak on the subject, What
he Mystery Club Accomplished in
TX Years" When Mr.. Trego ad-
resses the publishers on the achieve
lents of the Mystery Club, he will
3 giving out the first information
lat has gone to the public since it's
'ganization; he will show the pub
shers the mode of operation and !
Nv it gets results, but will not re-
,al the identity Of the mystery |:
embership. (:
r. A. Reed, editor of the Twin
alls Daily Times, has been asked /:
give his observations on the ef-
ct of competition in a town. Mr..
ead's observations will cover a sit
Ition where there were three daily h
Ipers in town large to support
le, where two daily papers were II
unched at the same hour, after due Il
eparation in both offices and Il
1ere a third daily started in soon I!
ter, each developing from a week. /:
into daily. Mr.. Reads observa-
ms should cover the question of
mpetitiori in a way to satisfy every
dy who advocates competition as
g life of trade. Both of these were
ternoon dailies, each duplicating in
large measure the services of the
her. |.
Robert Stevenson, publisher of the
ronicle at Twin Falls has been
ked to give his observations on a
yer move he made changing the
ronicle from weekly to a morn
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