Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 6, 1909, Page 1

THI : 'flascéncm Socmy,. M EMIDJI DAILX PIONEE VOLUME 7. NUMBER 196. - EDITORS TALKED “SHOP” = AND “GOT ACQUAINTED” Second Annua! Business Meeting of North-Central Minne- sota Editorial Association Was Productive of Much Good to Editors and The second annual meeting of the North-Central Minnesota Editorial association which was held at Sauk - Centre Friday and Saturday, re- + sulted in the forming of better busi- ness and social relations between the editors and employing printers who are engaged in the printing and publishing business in the territory Employing Printers. the disapointment. A social session was prepared to fill in the gap caused by the gover- nor’s absence, and the men of Sauk Centre and the editors got on very intimate terms before the session was adjourned. While many of the editors of “the territory covered by the association A. M. WELLS, President-Elect. between the international boundary and Sauk Centre, embracing cities and villages on the M. & I. and N. P. railways between International Falls and Little Falls and on the Great Northern from Bemidj) south to Sauk Centre and branch lines east and west. ’ The meeting was held principally for the ‘purpose of talking ‘‘shop” with an incidental program of wel- come and entertainment furnished UDOLPH LEE, Retiring President. by a committee representing the people of Sauk Centre. Governor Eberhart had promised to be pffié,ht Friday evening and deliver an ‘address on “The Press as a Factor in State Development,” Vice-President-Elect, Who Will Entertain the Editors at Walker, in June. but he was unable. to be present, greatly to the disappointment of the assembled editors and the people of Sauk Centre, the governor wiring that the strike situation in the twin cities was so serious as to demand his presence in St. Paul, and regretting A. G. RUTLEDGE, Secretary-Treasurer-Elect. did not attend the meeting, there was a representative body of mem- bers of the craft present, and the business session brought out papers and discussions and exchanges of ideas that will be of great value to the publications represented, Most of the editors arrived at Sauk Centre before noon Friday, and- whén President Lee called the busi- ness session to order at 2:30 p. m., the following members were present: Rudolph Lee, president, Long Prairie Leader; J. J. Courtright, L J. COURTRIGHT, Retiring Secretary. secretary, Staples Headlight; C. F. Scheers, Akeley 'Herald-Tribune; A. M. Welles, Sauk Centre Herald; F. A. Dare, Walker Pilot; A. L. Lafren- iere, Grand Rapids independent; Harold Knutson. Foley Independent; HON. P. J. McGARRY, Representative from 52nd District Who Will Act as Royal Host at White City, Next June. C. H. Bronson, Osakis Review; M. W. Halloran, Sauk Rapids Sentinel; M. E. Isherwood, Sebeka Herald; E. J. Haymaker, Motley: \{ercur), E. W. Lafond, Little Falls Transcript; | ment into the list of official printing, e — BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONRDAY 'EVENING, DECEMBER. -6, 1909 ). Vasaley, Little Falls Herald; A. G. Rutledge, Bemidji Pioneer, President Lee officiated at the business ‘session of the xssnciatiop, which was held in the rooms of tbé K. P. hall, and the members of the local committee, headed by Editor | Welles, were on hand to attend to the wants of the delegates. President Lee made a short ad- dress, in which he referred to. the great value of such gatherings and comparing of notes and making of acquaintances, and especially the reading of the papers prepared on various phases of the business management of the printing busi~| . ness, as well as the practical work of printing, President Lee desired the association to go on record as favor- ing the securing of legjslation ito place the personal property tax state- as it would be of value tq both the public and;cause the assessor ta mon equally levy.assessments. " M. Lee’s_ suggestion restlted in | the-6doption of a-motion to have the ‘miatter'embraced . in the reselu- ons. - he;paper on Nevspaper Adver- ing” :which' was. read« by 'C. H. Brosnson: bf Osakis Review, was: well gotten 1up, “and showed:that Mr. Bronson rkept his rates for advertis- ing on"a* living basisand that he made a sggcialty of co-operation with ing attractive ‘ads. that were busi- ness _ pullers.” Mr. Bronson con- cluded with the statement that a little more independence on the part of the pnblishers and an explanation of the:results'to the merchant whe- makesa judicious use of printer’s ink would result in the merchant be- ing disabused of the idea that possesses many of them—that the average newspaper is a charitable institution.and real money paid for newspaper advertising was a favor Ldone the publisher. T A geueral discussion followed as to the rates for advertising, display, etc., which was participated in by all present, and incidentally the advertising agent “‘shark” was given a few hearty slaps. Charles F. Scheers, owner and publisher of the Akeley Herald-Tri- buve, read a very able paper on “Job Printing,” illustrating’ his vari- ous points by drawings and sluiples of work, and/showing that he 1s one I of the very best job printers in Min- nesota. Mr./Scheers, prior to settl- ing at Akeley, was employed as foreman of‘many of the most up-to- date commercial printing establish- ments in' Minnesota and other states;and his talk ‘was filled with many -valushle “pointers.” Mr. Scheers-advocated a clean and sanitary “shop,” with a foreman who 'was a first-class. printer and one who never turned out a job that was not the best in its line that the office could produce. “There are too many so-called print- ers who are ‘hanging out their faces’ as all-around printers, these days, who are what is termed ‘black- smiths,’ and these fellows are doing the business a whole lot of harm. Turn out good work and you can get a good price.” (Lack of space prevents a fuller presentation of the “meat” of these | most excelllent papers.) A suggestion that a job-printing contest be inuagurated by the association was accepted and President Lee appointed C. F. Scheers of the Akeley Herald- Tribune, I. J. Courtright of the Staples Headlight and C, H. Bron- son of the Osakis Review as the committee to judge the samples and award the prizes, at a future mecting. * P. J Vasaley of the Little Falls Herald, read a paper on news- paper subscriptions, and told of methods used by the management of the Herald to increase the sub- scription list, when he took ho.d ot the paper fourteen vears ago, which included one novel method ofa “bargain subscription day,” when the paper was given a year for 25¢, to subscribers who paid back arrearages. He had tried this but once, however. Mr. Vasaley’s paper was unique and pnhy «nd full of witty phrases the merchants of Osakis in prepar-, and good sensible suggestions as/| how to make the paper am’act,we S. W. Anderson, Swanville News; P. to its readers, FINE PROGRAM FOB ELK WEMORIAE oY Bemidji Lodge, No. 1052,°8B.: Participated in Annual Services, - Sunday Afternoon. TRACY BANGS OF GRAND FORKS DELIVENED FIORMI. ADDRESS The Vocal and The memberd fl Bembdjt iodge, No. 1052, B RO Elks, I‘A many “of the efier ob- _servgd Ell:l flemfill !fldny in ‘thiml!y ye.qu‘hy. when spgropriate ‘exercises were held at Qbfihy Operu . House, ‘there flifim . ”d attend- ‘amce, considefink ‘the. maaedmgly stormy weathef, 9 A ndid. program. dered, the' lfim o whifshowds xr meinor: ial ‘address made! By Hon. Pracy |’ B‘I‘I‘O‘ Grand M N.,D., who|: delivered.one of the' finest- tributes of Elkdom and ésitouraging. the gen- eral brotherbood $f man that has ‘been heard in tl nctmn of the state, 1 Pnor to'the services. held in the ball, the membersof the’ order met at Masonic hall and nfarched in a body to the City Opera House, filing intg the hall jn double column, the officers marching to the stage and taking positions, while the others re- mgioed standing at their chairs all seating themselves atthe sound of the gavel. The following was ' the program prepared . by the 'committee, and | which ;wa m&dma‘mw P MAg7aR's ORCHESERA. TInvocation .. Rev. H, F. PAIIKA!.L. 8t. Oloud Iadze 516 Solo—"The Lord Is My Light.. ..Alli.smn 'N. B. BLACK, Grand Forks. i MgS. MAsTEN, Accompanist, Opening Ceremones by Lodge.. ‘With Solo by MB. BLACK. Violin Solo—Belected. [} Address . d Forks Lodge, 255, Solo—""Ave Maria".... Miss Dogore Y HUMKS, Ms8, HARRY MASTEN, Adeomntnish Closing Ceremonies by the Lodg Doxology ... The musical portion of the pro- 2 gram was of exceptional merit; all |* who, participated in this part of! the program being musicians of establjshed, ability, making the music iof better quality than is ‘ordinarily heard at affairs * of thls kind., - a The solemn'services of the ]udge» were very impressive, g ‘Mr.. Bangs’ speech #as.a Taré oratorial, effort, advocalipg; the habit of kinder actions one te another, less of gossipy-scandal; and the -exercise and - contained | @ much of great merit, the ' speaker the selection of the followmz for !he enaumx year: President—A. M. Welles, publlsher i of the Sauk Centre Herald. Vice President—F. A. Dare, pub lisher of the Walker Pilot: Secretary-Treasurer—A. G. Rat- ’ | ledge of the Bemidji ji Pmneer Executive Commlttee—Presldent, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and C. F. Scheers, of the Akeley In- dependent; Rudolph -Lee, of the ‘Long Prairie Leader; and P. J.| Vasaley, of the Little. Falls Hernld. A. G. Rutledge proposed Walkcr as the place for holding the annnal outing in June, assuring the editors that Brother Dare. and the Hon. P, H. McGarry and the people of Walker would royally entertain them; and that place was unammously aelected for the outing. ( Staples was selected as the place | for bolding the next annual meeting. It was decided; to .add seyen more counties to 8 territory co ered by the anoc tion, as foljow ing all publlcauon pnnted' ties borclem:lz ot'“the M &I N P railways_and: the, G N, way from the miem:m lhouPdary to Sauk Centre, the , otheg; aeven counties; A. G. Rutledge; ‘E. M Lafon and Harold Knutson . were appolntedt committée on resolunons. lgelr re- port, which was adopted later, bemg as follows: We, the members of the North- Central Minnesota association, assembled 1n second anpual busi- ness convennon, do hereby adopt the following resolunons. Whereas, Appreclanng the generous hospitality extended to the members of this asvsc‘:cmtion by Brother A, M. Welles, publisher of the Sauk Center Herald, the city [Contintied on-Last Page.] |FARMERS’ INSTITUTE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR TEN CENTS PER WEEK. Large Number of Farmers Were in City Satnrday and Par- ticipated in Splendid Meoting.—Free Dinner b gi Was Enjoyed by Visitors. The state farmers’ institute which was ‘held in Bemidji last Saturday was a most successful gathering of farmers and’ business men seeking up-to-daté information to benefit farming in this section, The Bemidji Commercial club had assumed the management of the ‘| meeting at this place and served a ‘free drinner to all farmers who at- tended the meeting, securing the city hall for the meeting and making . all other arrangetents which tendered ‘the success of the meeting. “'When the furenoon session was attendance, and they evinced great interest in'the speeches that were made by the institute men 'who were presgnt. <A, H. Jester, secretary of the commercial club; was on hand and made many triends among the tarmers by ‘his efforts (o please them: H. K. Larson, who is engaged extensively in-dairying at Berner, spoke on dairying. Mr, Larson has made a’ successs of dairying, under very: adverse conditions, and his talk-was highly interest- ing. He claimed that the dairy cow is the salvation of this section Mr. Larson told of the co-opera- tion of farmers in Clearwater county and also the co operation that was being manifested by the business mén ayd f.rmers, which ¢ % 1l __div.lopment of Lcoun, mean m’ the Frank H. Gibbs, whopwns a valu. able truck farm between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and who is a gardner of twenty-eight years experi- ence, told of up«:o—daté methods of cultivating potatoes and advocated the raising of only one or two varie. ties, because of the better market in shipping. Mr. Gibbs talked on home vega- table gardening, stating that the farmer should at. least raise the vegetdbles for his own table. He also advocated the raising’ of small fruits for the home. i F. B. McLeran, who ownsa splen- did dairy'farm at Wrenshall, Carlton county, stated tlflt the Bemidji institute was the larzelt which he bad attended this year: and that more interest was shown here tham elsewhere. Mr. McLeran tafked on the . best method fcleannz land of stumps and told Pf hlmuccess in dairying. He especially : vocaled the grow. ing of clover, which not only is a valuable crop_ but assists in enrich- ing the soil. "He claimed that clover was one of the first steps to success- ful farming in northern Minnesota. A great many questions were asked and answered, much informas tion being gleaned thereby. The Insiitute Annuals failed to arrive before the meeting but fifty of the books have been left with Given Bros. and fifty with W. G, Schroeder which copies may be secured by fars - mers who visit either of these places. ‘Dec. 4th to Dec. 11th. keeping perfect time. '® sécond. Then ask us of more common charity in our| daily ‘transactions and mmglmg wuh each other. b / Mr. Bangs said: that a genial man is a good map, but all good men ‘were not genial.. It was the aim of| ‘the Flks:to have;in their membership 'men. who .were whole-souled, “genial, broad-minded :and liberal and charit- able, In the ledge rootn and’in life,-the intention: of the Elks was to build up a noble manhood. ~ “As we travel slong thrbugh life,” concluded Mr., Bangs, “‘our ‘géal de- pends.on; our .own endeavérs. We must 'lead proper and industrious lives; 'and we will. build up a nation of houest . men 2nd women"who will succeed. Take to ourselves (hes/e lessons; and we can crughfully say ‘I am the master of my. fate; I am the captain of my soul.« ” The vocal.solos rendered by Nor- man ' B. Black,. general manager of the Grand Forks; Times, were of a high' order, and when he sang “Face to.Face,” the attending Elks and others were visibly affected. A paper on. ' Bookkeeping” was to have been read by Alvah G. 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