The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-12-22
EDITORS To SEE
MONTANA FIRST
NEWSPAPER MEN OF NATION
TO RECREATE AND WRITE
FRONT PAGE STUFF

Montana will make the acquaint-
ance of several hundred members
of the National Editorial associa-
tion next summer when the news
papermen's convention will be held
at Missoula during July. 1t was the
first plan of those in charge of Sc
lecting a meeting place to divide the
convention into two sections, hold
ing the first one at Salt Lake City
and the second one at Missoula, but
Charles D. Greenfield, development
agent for the Great Northern, by a
master stroke, has secured the whole
thing for Montana Mr.. Greenfield
recently went before the committee
and showed them that the itinerary
they had planned passed up large
part of the Treasure state. He con-
vinced them that there was enough
9 to be seen and learned in this great
state to keep them well occupied
during the ten of fifteen days they
expect to spend on their tour. He
admitted to them that Montana had
received during recent years large
amount of free front page advertis-
ing, but all of it was of a kind we
do not want and a great deal of it
of kind we do not deserve. He
told them that if they would spend
the time necessary to get some first
hand knowledge of our resources
that the people of the state were
ready to take their chances on what
the newspaper men would feel i'm
PEELED to say about the state.
In addition to the fact that it will
be an honor and pleasure to have
three or four hundred of the lead
ing newspaper men as Montana's
guests, it means the greatest oppor-
tunity for advertising that has ever
come this way.
Wolf Point Will Help
Mr. Greenfield visited Wolf Point
Monday and met with the directors
of the Commercial club in connec-
tion with this matter Like all big
enterprises the matter of bringing
the convention to Montana requires
financing and the city of Missoula
underworld the whole proposition to
the amount of $4,000. Many
other cities of the state will, of
course, share this expense with Mis-
soula. After Mr.. Greenfield had in
duced the associations committee to
lay out their route on the return
trip over the Great Northern main
line, he pledged $1,000 or 81, 500 Off
the towns from Havre east. To ar
range for the subscription of this,
he came first to Wolf Point, as the
most likely to start the list with its
quota, which was set at 5000. The
club directors without any hesita-
ton pledged this sum to be taken up
in three payments.
Use OF The Money
The money subscribed by the cit
les of the state all goes for legiti-
mate expense in preparing publicity
matter for the 10000 newspapers, in
every state in the union, stereotyp-
ing photos, postage, etc. The tour
lists pay their own expenses, which,
fo rthe extensive tour, are heavy, ,,
Preliminary to the associations
convention, three sets of advance
stories about the state and the things
to be seen on the tour will be sent
to all papers who are members, some
10000 in number The stories will
be gotten out through well organ
lied system The publicity men rep
resenting the association will come to
Montana and gather complete data,
which will be furnished by qualified
persons in the different cities. One
set of stories will be sent out in JAN
uary, another in March and third l
in May, the purpose being to arouse
interest on the part of members and :.
induce them to make the tour. After !
the convention the papers represent I
ed by those who attend as well as /
many others, will naturally publish l
a large amount of descriptive matter
based on what the tourists actually
saw and learned while in the state.
Special Trans
The tourists will travel by two :
special trains it is expected, with l
r.