The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-10-21
THE EDITORIAL GATHERING

After pounding us on the back
for some time to give party In
lieu of the annual Sweet corn feed"
rendered the range newspapermen
by "Dad' Atkinson of Hibbing, we
decided to perform and issued
Summons" for the gang to appear
at the State Game & Fish Lodge at
Winton last Saturday for the at
fair. We were little skeptical OF
Throwing" real party such as the
boys have been accustomed to at
dad" Atkinson's Sturgeon Lake
summer home, but decided that it
was up to us to do the best we
could and-if we do says it our
selves-the results were salts
factory.
Right here, before we go any
farther, we wish to tender our
thanks to State Game and Fish Com
missioner "Jay" Gould, Chief War
den w. F. Hanson, Wardens D. Gen.
terwall and j. B. Burns, E. Miller
and Ray Jarvis, for their very
valuable assistance in entertaining
one of the best bunch of fellows
that ever gathered for a "fest" of
this kind. One regrettable feature
of the evening was the forced alb
sence of dad" Dean of Duluth and
"Old Pete" Peterson of Cook, and
number of others catologued un-
der ct. al. (meaning Russell Henry,
Jim Dorsey, Frank Burgess, R. T.
Bayne, ]. A. Blackwell, Larry Hodg-
son, AL Evans, Harold Crozier, R.
w. Hitchcock, Charley Skillings,
Still Bingham, Jim Early, Jay
Gould, C. A. Knapp, Oscar Wild
strand, Frank Harris, Bill Hanna
ford, Bill Noonan, E. c. Smith,
Ernest Metcalf, R. X. Welsh, Oscar
LaFrance, Jack Krause, M. H. Mont
gomery, Glib Hoel, L. A. Rossman
and others). =
1t was a good bunch, however,
who answered the summons by ap-
pearing personally and lending their
presence to the dignity of the oc-
casion. Vim Weber, president OF
the Minnesota Editorial Association,
had come from Slayton, the ex-
IRENE southern portion of the state
and on his way up had annexed
Sam Haislet, secretary of the asso-
citation, and together they arrived
in the afternoon having stopped at
Eveleth where they accumulated
Grove Wills and E. Helps in their
car. Then there was dad" Atkin-
| son and Mark Atkinson of Hibbing;
Con L. Hedeen Of Eveleth; e. H.
Yarick of Biwabik; c. M. Hillman
of Two Harbors; dad" Lammon
of Coleraine; Tony LaFerniere of
Grand Rapids; and several local
men pressed into service to assist in
the entertainment. For valuable as
sistance rendered we wish to &C
knowledge our Indebtedness to M.
w. Peterson, Fred James, VIM. Odds
Jr., C. A. Dahlgren and DR.. J. E.
thompson of this city and Jerry
Lenich for the excellent music fur
nished.
Dinner was served at 6 80 o'clock
and it was "some" dinner thanks
to Bill Hanson and his assistants.
Talks were made by President
Weber, Sam Haislet and several
others. No speeches were allowed.
Letters and kilograms from the alb
sent ones were read and ordered
answered and filed. Clarence Hill
man, E. H. Yarick, Grove Wills, DR..
Thompson, Mark Atkinson, M. w.
Peterson, C. A. Dahlgren, DAD
Lammon and others spoke and with
the music and singing of old songs
the evening passed all too quickly.
Several remained over the night
at the commodious lodge while
others left for their homes that
evening. dad" Atkinson in re-
counting his trip had the following
to say of the gathering and we re-
produce it here for the reader,
While we are pleased over his re-
marks as to our part in the pro-
gram, it is particularly gratifying
to note that he saw something be-
sides a "party" and his remarks re-
garding the country, the wardens
and other features are very appro-
| pirate. He said:
owe were among those present
at Pete Schaefer's party at the
State Game & Fish Lodge at Win