The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-31
Northern Editors to Meet
at Little Falls Next Year
Will Come to Sank Centre in 1876
Wadena Was Royal Host-Pro-
gram High Class


The annual meeting of the North
ern Minnesota Editorial Association
which convened at Wadena Friday
and Saturday of last week, was one
of the most successful held in the
history of the organization, which is
made up of the newspapermen Of thl
forty-two northern coutnies OF the
state. Editors w. E. Verify of the
Pioneer Journal, and Hansen of the
News, with the cooperation of the
citizens of Wadena, had made ample
preparations for the entertainment of
the guests which opened with smok-
er in the dining room of the CONNER
cial Hotel, presided over by President
E. H. Denu of the Association. The
program was decidedly informal and
the talks were snappy. Cigars and
other light refreshments were served.
The convention proper opened Fri
day morning in the District Court
rooms of the court house. After the
meeting, was called to order by Pres
ident Denu of Bemidji he introduced
Mayor Prettyman who gave the vlsl-
tors a most cordial welcome. Re-
Spouse to this address was made by
Asa M. Wallace of the Herald.
: The Northern Association has been
famous for years for the strength OF
its program, but never before, prob
ably, were the papers and discussions
more beneficial and helpful than at
Friday afternoons and Saturday
mornings sessions.
The banquet served by the ladies
of Wedena Friday evening, was
joyed by something over two hundred.
over half of whom were citizens OF
Wadena. "Bill" Verify of the Wadena
Pioneer Journal, presided as toast
master and the way he PANIED the
newspaper men and his fellow towns
men was a delight as a whole. AS a
POSTMASTER Bill is "there." Instru-
mental and vocal music of high class,
was furnished by local talent and
Norman Black, the live wire publish
er of the Fargo Forum. There were
several outstanding addresses; per-
haps the two most notable were made
by Rev. Parish of the Methodist
church and "Heinie" Mitchell the
brilliant editor of the Bemidji SEN
tinel. Following the banquet an in
formal dancing party was held at
which time the visiting newspaper
men were allowed to take their pick
of the fair sex of Wadena without
formality of introduction, and many
of them made the most of this oppor-
tunity.
At Saturday mornings business
session, one of the most important
matters was the selection of the
place of holding the summer meeting
of 1924 and the annual meeting in
January, 1925. Alexandria was
unanimously the choice for the sum-
mer meeting to be held the latter
part of June.
The Herald editors left Sank Cen
tire with strong hope that they would
be able to bring the editors back to
this city next year but upon arriving
in Wadena we found that Little Falls
was demanding the 1925 meeting and
inasmuch as the editors had met in
Sank Centre twice since they had last
visited Little Falls, it was necessary
for the Sank Centre delegation to
withdraw, but they have been prom
ised the meeting the following year.
Carl Carlson, editor of the Melrose
Beacon, was the unanimous choice for
president for the coming year, while
Horace Cutten, for many years val
liable Herald employee and now one
of the successful publishers of the
Red Lake Falls Gazette, was elected
first vice president, and will be elevat-
d to the office of president in time to