The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-02-04
THERE IS A REASON

There is good reason why the
Mo ot n. Minnesota Editorial asso-
meetings at Sank Centre, in fact there
rs a reason for everything. There is
q reason for Asa Wallace. and the
e eoto u people st s Of his home city found it
before. While Sank Centre is excep-
t1onally well situated as to railroads.
auto roads, hotel Accommodations and
assembly rooms, where is there an
other town with a POSTMASTER like
Asa wallace or a man who has given
more or better publicity to his SPLEEN
gld nome city than the editor of the
Herald? True Sinclair Lewis gave Asa
the opportunity to capitalize his Main
Street, and while Asa was watching
the Follies in New York, the big news.
papers of the greatest city in the world
Were printing front page stories about
him and the Main Street from whence
ne came. Where is there another pub
nclty agent who can bring governors,
I'M "a. and d. men n, Of international fame
Last weeks winter meeting was the
best attended and in many respects
me best the association has ever had
Governor Christensen, Ex-mayor
Hodgson of ST. Paul and w. j. Keyes
OF winnipeg favored the editors with
some of the most illuminating address
ses any association ever listened to,
while such notables as Herman Roe.
president of the Minnesota State Fair
Board, and Heinie Mitchell, of Bemidji,
president of the Minnesota Editorial
ASSOCIATION assisted the POSTMASTER
or Parker and DR.. Dubois upheld the
best traditions of Main Street by turn
ing the town over to the visitors.
The new president of the associa-
ton is Grove Wills of the Eyelth
Clarion and the next winter meeting
will be held at Grand Rapids Paul
Kenney of the Alexandra Citiz~n-
News was elected vice president. The
will he bal1
nipeg.-Osakis Review.
@ HAD TIME OF LIFE
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of
itorial Association held it's winter ses-
sion at Sank Centre. There was an
unusually large attendance and at the
opening session, Mayor VIM. M Park
er appeared and gave the moIders of
public opinion a welcome to the city
its Main Street" made famous, and
handed over the key to the situation
and told them to go to it. He, told the
editors the town was theirs and want
ed them to act as though they We're at
home-and did they? Well, if that
did in Mayor Parker's town. there must
be nearly hundred modern, wide-a-
wake good towns in Northern Mime
sota-We would like to visit x'em all
The meeting was of the most5success-
full ever held by the association, and
Sank Centre business men are ac-
corded due credit for helping make it
such decided success Friday eve
ming the main feature of the conven-
ton was an excellent Pike dinner Civ
en- by the Community Club, and served
by the ladies of Our Lady of the An
gels Church.
After the dinner very fine program
of music and speaking was given. The
speaking was headed by Governor
Christianson and former Mayor of St
Paul, Lawrence Hodgson better known
by the fraternity as Larry Ho, and
s.Heine" Mitchell of Bemidji
When not in session, the editors
made the Palmer House their rendez-
vous and the genial landlord invited
the boys to help themselves and if
there was anything they could not
fnd-ask for it.
Last but not least, Asa Wallace, ed
itor of the Sank Centre Herald, was
master of ceremonies and we are
saying a mouthful when we say he
was one of the best at the business we
ever met up with and in our time we
have been attending the meetings of
different associations for nigh on to
80 years.-Swanville News.
D.
is DOING GREAT WORK
The business meeting of the North
ern Minnesota Editorial association
held at Sank Centre Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of last week was well at
tended. The papers were practical and
with the discussions furnished many