Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23

airy 20, 1867. The lateness of the
hour was caused by the fact that
the editors had enjoyed the
earlier evening hours attending
a "full.fledged Imperial circus"
which was in the city. After the
banquet, a round of toasts fol-
lowed, and then songs, stories,
and social reunion. which occu-
pied the time well towards the
hour for the next days meet
ing"
Twenty.fifth Anniversary
Meeting
The sessions of the Twenty
fifth Anniversary meeting were
held in the Chamber of Com
merce, st. Paul, on February IL
and IL, 1891. A total of 102 del
egates attended. In his presi-
Dental address, Lewis P. Hunt,
Mankato Free Press, touched
upon policies for the group itself,
then urged taxation of sleeping
car companies" and express
companies.
Briefly, important speakers
and their topics were as follows:
George N. Lamphere of the
Moorhead News discussed the
ramificationS of legal advertiS-
ing-recognized then and now as
important to the functioning of
a democratic form of govern
ment
w. E. Mckenzie of the Crook
ston Times followed with a pa
per on Encouragement of Immi-
grafton by the State" 1t devel-
oped that there were reasons for
introducing this non-professional
matter into a meeting of news
paper editors. Minnesota was
no longer a frontier state. I'm.
migration had declined in the
188O's. Settlers were looking
westward to the Dakotas. Mon
tana, Oregon and Washington.
Instead of remaining idle and
Indifferent to the streams of
immigration to other localities,
he suggested an immigration
commissioner to take the place
of the already abolished immi-
grafton bureau, and he also
urged a program of advertising
to attract settlers. The discus
sion conferred on advantages and
disadvantages of boards as op-
posed to single commissioners,
on the results accruing to large
cities compared to those accru-
ing to farming communities,
and on plans for attracting new
settlers.
The first days meeting ended
with an inspirational address on
the topic of 'The Country Press
Its Mission and Power" by
Colonel Donan, then of Fargo,
North Dakota, and informal re-
marks on the subject of 1.-THE
Pioneer Newspaper" by H. A.
Castle and H. P. Hall.
On the next day the Associa-
ton passed resolutions: II for
restoration of the immigration
bureau, to be financed by the
treasury of the State, and y for
reduced and regulated rates of
express, telegraph and sleeping
car companies, and provided,
also, for taxation "of companies
not already taxed"
It was also voted to request
the Legislature to pass liberal
appropriation for the State dis
play at the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago. H. P. Hall of the st. Paul
News was elected to the presi-
dency.
Another 81 Meeting
The seventh annual meeting
of the National Editorial Associ-
alton, held July 14-17, 1891, at
st. Paul, was success in every
way. Delegates assembled from
every state in the Union and
from Canada. Among the speak
ers at the convention meeting
was Adolph S. Ochs, Chat
tanooga CTenn.) Times, who dis
cussed the Interior Daily" An
other speaker was Theodore L..
DeVinne of Century Magazine,
who was the first speaker on
the subject of "The Mechanical
Department"
One of the features of the
| meeting was a demonstration Of