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'8 f THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 10, 1919. TABLET TO FIRST PAPER DEDICATED MEMBERS 'OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION WITNESS UNVEILING OREGON'S FIRST NEWSPAPER, AT OREGON CITY. OF MONUMENT TO Papers on Problems Before Newspapers Are Read. POWER OF PRESS SHOWN Speakers Call on Writers to Preserxe Their Ideals and, to Have Faith in Civilization. ' fr-or.tltiTjgd From First Page.) t we are traveling upward to bigger and better things. "In the molding of civilization in the last 200 years no force of man has played such a 'decisive part as the printed word. The newspaper is wrap ping the world with bands so fragile they can hardly bear the contact of the press, yet- etronger than bands of steel. In the era that is to come the newspapers have a tremendous oppor tunity and responsibility to spread the doctrine of international good will." America Has Nearly Half of Papers. In tracing the development of the newspaper,' Mr. Ingram gave interest ing historical data and cited, the fact that 24,000 of the 56.000 newspapers in the -world are located in' the United States and Canada, the only two coun tries in the world bordering each other and separated by an entirely unforti fied boundary line. . The birth of the modern newspaper occurred, he said, when Julius Caesar . erected ' bulletin boards at the forum at Rome and had writers there post every hour the news of the empire, ,- . Edgar B. Piper, editor of The Orego talan, spoke upon the subject, "'Some where Near- the "War, recounting in teresting incidents of the visit of the American editorial party of which he was a member, to England and France last fall. He described English news paper methods, comparing them with the methods employed on the American dailies. He also spoke of his impres sions while in the battle area in France. Section Lines Vanish. "One thing that the American sol diers from every section discovered in France," he said, "is that there isn't any best soldier in America. The sol diers from Texas, the soldiers from Maine, the soldiers from Oregon, and from every state in the union are all best soldiers because they are all Amer icans." Three other editors, "W.'Boyd Adams of Rexburg, Idaho; Vice-President Ed ward Albright of Gallatin, Tenn., and B. Herbert, . editor of the " National Printer Journalist, the official publica tion of the association at Chicago, were scheduled to Ive -. addresses, but were unable to be heard owing to pressure of time. Their talks were carried oVer to the Seattle session. The business session of the associa tion will be held in Vancouver, B. C, August 18, at which time officers will be elected and a proposed reorganiza tion of ther constitution to permit the employment of a permanent secretary and closer union between the national association and the. state associations will be taken up . Luncheon was served to the editors at the press club by the Associated In dustries of Oregon, A. G. Clark in charge. Owing to .the short; .interval arranged between the closing of the morning business session and the open ing of the afternoon meeting, there was no programme planned in connec tion with the luncheon. Invocation Opens .Session. The session was opened yesterday morning by Er. Francis B. Short of Portland, who offered invocation. Mu sical selections were; rendered by . the Mendlessohn quartet. President Guy U. Hardy, Cannon City, Colo., in outlining the convention pro gramme this yea,r told something of the problems that had been net and over come during his term of office and sug gested work that should be taken up by the association during the corning year. "It is too bad' to break in on your long and glorious joy ride through this wonderfully interesting country with a serious programme," he said,, "but we have given you 28 days of pleasure and only two days of programme and the serious work must be taken up. "I have the highest regard for our profession. I believe there is no great er. The newspaper business is the best business in your- town; the . editorial profession is the best profession in your town, and the newspaper man is the biggest, ablest and ' most influential man in your town if he is big enough for his job. -.. - Peace. Brings Problems. "Since last we met. peace has come, and with it new problems. A year ago publishers everywhere were scared to death. But lew were seriously hurt and many have built up undreamed of success. Most of our worries every where are founded on fears of things that never happens and I believe the publishers will meet the problems in the future and conquer them,, just as I believe the people of this great coun try will meet the problems of recon struction and give us the best possible solution." In referring to the activity of the as sociation President Hardy spoke of the print paper situation, stating that the drastic order of the war industries board was re-written by a member of the executive committee, and that more money was saved the newspaper .men through the association in this matter In one year than they had paid in in dues during the entire life of the or ganization. The president recommend ed the employment of a permanent field secretary and the raising of the dues of the association. Irvine Sees .ew Freedom. B. F. Irvine, editorial writer of the Oregon Journal, was introduced as the first speaker of the programme, the subject being. "Our Calling." Mr. Irvine declared that the United States had been a tool, of capitalism for the past B0 years and that a new era of freedom was just dawning. American newspa pers, he declared, had more to do with the awakening of the public conscience in America than any other agency. "The Community Evener" was the subject of an address by George W. Marble, publisher of the Tribune Monitor, Fort Scott. Kan. Mr. Marble made a "shop talk.- and" took up the problem of petty jealousies which near ly always are found to exist in the smaller cities and towns. He held up as the ideal newspaper that organ which could tactfully bring the con tending parties to a friendly under standing and develop a spirit of har mony in his community Finances Are Discussed. The closing address of the morning session was delivered by Harry Hill man, editor of the Inland Printer. Chi cago. His subject was "The Rainbow's End for the Newspaper Publisher." His talk was essentially a plea for a better understanding of the financial side of the newspaper business, and he urged that changes ehould be made so- that the remuneration should measure up to a greater extent for the great work done. "Unles your newspaper contains a mixture of practical business it will not - ;:rl J - iTk a feV I hC . hi, v - : vjVI -A. P'tc--- x-- ..1 1 ies.fd'- i i ' . i r ..Ti -- -vv:Y I ; - v '--'sw.- i ' . i I , I - " ' - -r ' ' i I fc- - r '.ll'' - I . r - .... : , . ft I i-pper Mr. I vi Kmrrj Dye nddrraxins .... .K.'iiK 5on measure up with the standard of present-day demands," he said. "There ia no other industry of euch vital impor tance to every phase of human activity as printing and the newspaper, nothing tnat grets right down into the heart of humanity in such a way, and no busi ness that demands more actual intelli gence and wider knowledge. We too orten set our price at what the cus tomer will pay and not at what our product is worth." Committee Are Earned. Twenty editors from as many differ ent states" of the union were named by President Hardy on the various com mittees for the coming year. They are as follows: Kesolutions committee L. S. "Whitcomb. Minn.; Wallace Odell, X. Y. ; J. C. Gillespie, la.: R. B. Mclntoah. N. J.: F. O. Edgecomb. Neb.; Fiank P. Ooss, "Wash. Credentials, committee J. C. Brimblecom. Mass.; John Itodgers, Tenn.; A. L. Etter. Pa.: W. J. Skidmore. Mo.: E. E. Brodie. Or. Necrology John Calrins. 111.; J. H. Rich ardson, Miss.; E. I. Peterson, N. I. ; Will H. Steel, Alaska; C. L. Coward. Wis. Auditing : George Marble, Kan.; J. G. Stafford, Colo.; Fred Allsopp, Ark. Hichnaj to Be Visited. This morning the visitors ..will make their tour of the Columbia highway, arriving at Eagle creek in time for a fish and bear breakfast. A number of cars will leave the Imperial hotel at 6:30 o clock for the earlier risers, and the remainder of the cars will depart be tween that time and 7 o'clock. Judge Kanzler is chairman of a com mittee from the Portland Progressive Business Man's club aiding in the ar rangements and game for the break fast will be furnished by the fish and game commission of Oregon, ' I. N. Fleischner, president, and Thomas Sherrard, chief of the Oregon for estry department in charge. - The United States forest service will aid in serving the breakfast and entertaining the visitors in the national forest. Six young bear were bagged yesterday by the state foresters and will be served, together with a quantity of royal Chi nook salmon. The automobiles to take the visitors up the highway are being provided by the Portland Rotary club, Robert S. Stewart in charge. Crater Lake Is IVext Stop. The cars will leave Eagle creek on the return between 12 and 1 o'clock, and at 4:30 o'clock the editors will board a special train at the Union sta tion for a trip to Crater lake, great natural scenic wonder of Oregon. The special train for this trip is being pro vided by the Portland Chamber of Com merce and local business men, the com mittee in charge being composed of Edward Cookingham, A. H. Dev-ers and Ira F. Powers. W. J. Hofmann, chair man of the general committee, will have charge of the train, while John M. Scott will accompany the party as a repre sentative of the Southern Pacific rail road. A stop will be made at Salem tonight for dinner under the auspices of the Salem chamber of commerce, at which time Governor Olcott will welcome the editors to Oregon and with Mrs. Olcott will join the party for the trip to the lake. A stop will be made at Medford on the way to the lake and a Ashland on the return, the commercial clubs of the two southern Oregon cities entertain ing the visitors at dinners. The trip to the lake and return w:il be made in automobiles provided through the courtesy of the Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass commercial clubs. 100 ACTOS ARE LEXT EDITORS Portland Owners Provide Cars to Take Visitors on Highway. Nearly 100 automobile owners of Portland have contributed their ma chines today to take the members of the National Editorial association party over the Columbia highway to Eagle creek for a fish and game breakfast. The cars are being furnished under the auspices of the Portland Rotary club, R. S. Stewart, chairman. Among those who have contributed the use of their automobiles are: George Cornwall, Dr. O. H. Douglas. 0. H. Becker. A. W. Barendick. S. E. Holcomb,- C. D. Shoemaker. J. A. Henry, 1. B. Lowe, J. H. Joyce, W. S. McGuire. William Whitfield, W. C. Garbe. E. C. Peets, J. W. Hill. Burt Holcomb. S. B. Cooke, C. C. Bradley. Charles R Peake. C H. Mead, L M Walker. Jacques Wil crowd In front or tulilrt. Lonfr (I,rft sppciaior; rient n . i-. Hauler, oivnrr lis. E. S. Higgins, C. L. Weaver, C. G. Bruntsch, G. W. Spokesfield, John Laue, Henri Thiele. Dr. H. V. Sturdevant. Charles Berg, Phil Metschan. W. D. McWaters. Eric V. Hauser. A. R. Porter. W. H. Chatten, C. B. Water, W. J. Ball, L. H. Freer, E. A. Hollingshead. 0. W. Mielke, W. W. Gordon. R. W. Neighbor. Guy W. Talbot, Franklin T. Griffith, J. L. Wright, Irving R. Stearns. W. S. Theikle. W. B. Carr, G. G. Rhoier, Charles I. Hockberg, Mrs. Bernard, Mrs. 1. Gerlach. H. F. Rittman, C. E. Glafke, J. C. Simmons. MacM. Smith, J. F. Staver, M. P. Sanders. John B. Yeon, S. C. Jagger, S. Benson. George Dean. Judge Stapleton, John F. Dundore. Rufus F. Holman, O. M. Clark, Charles Griffiths. Mrs. B. N. Hamm, George Quayle, C. B. Marks, . McKean Fisher, Lr. E. N. Crockett. Ralph Montag. A. M. Shannon. E. O. Duker, Estes Snedecor H. C. Eiling, W. : Prier, Dr. A. J. Browning, Dr. W. C. Adams. SALEM PLAN'S GOOD TIMES Trips Around State Institutions and Big Feed Provided. SALEM, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) Dinner in Wilson park, automobile sight-seeing tour of the city and in spection of the state institutions are the chief entertainment features pro vided for the 350 members of the Na tional Editorial association, who will arrive in Salem at 6:30 o'clock tomor row night to remain for three hours. The dinner will include only Salem products and the menu will be typical of this section of the state Hundreds of automobiles have already been placed at the disposal of the editors Leaving here at 9:30 Sunday night the editors will go to Medford and thence to the Crater Lake National Park The editors will be accompanied on their southern jaunt by Governor and Mrs. Olcott. EDmiRSlEEliMTION TABLET COMMEMORATING FIRST PAPER IX STATE IXVEILED. Wife of President of National As sociation Assists in Ceremony at Oregon City. But a few blocks from the heart of the oldest town in the Willamette val ley and almost at the entrance of one of the greatest paper mills of the west, editors from all over the United States gathered yesterday to witness the un veiling1 of a monument to the first Ore gon newspaper. For this part of the Portland programme for the National Editorial association convention here, special cars were run to Oregon City late in the afternoon for the ceremoni ous uncovering of the granite slab erected by W. P. Ha w ley, owner of the Hawley Pulp & Paper mills. At & o'clock Mrs. Guy U. Hardy, wife of the president of the national associ ation, and Aaron Wait, grandson of the fourth editor of the "Oregon Spectator." the first newspaper established in the state, drew from the stone the flag which covered it. Three-minute speeches were given by Mrs. Eva Emery Xye, author of a number of books on the history of the state ; George IL. Himes, assistant sec retary of the Oregon Historical society; Mrs. Jennie Barlow Harding, past regent of Susannah I.ee Barlow chap ter, D. A, R.. and Edward E. Albright of Gallatin, Tenn., vice-president of the N. E. A., and Mr. Hawley, who briefly extended the visitors an invitation to go through his milL Mrs. Lye told something of the his torical significance of the spot. "This was the first town in the valley," she said, "it had the first schools and the first paper. The first governor lived here and the first provisional govern ment was established in headquarters in the village. Some of those pioneers were descendants of Daniel Boone and they were all of the name sturdy stock. Here where men once met to trade furs and where a country printer set nis paper by hand are now located the largest woolen mills v-est of the Mis sissippi . and paper mills that furnish i face of monnmrnt and Inxrrlptlon com. of paper mill" nd donor of slab, their product to South 'America, China and other foreign lands." Mr. Himes told of his personal ac quaintance with many of the men whose names were on the monument and de clared that although California claims to have started a paper ahead of the Oregon Spectator, the latter was six months and ten days earlier t han it. in closing he said, "1 remember a man who stood on these hills November 24, looking down on the water and wondering how long it would be before his dream of harnessing the power would come true. Now it has been realized." Mrs. Harding followed with a few In cidents in connection with early life in the town. She told of ballroor illuminated with tallow candles where the dancers kept time to the fiddle and the tapping of the musicians' feet. Every night at 12, after a feast had been served, the women retired to th dressing rooms and arrayed themselves in another party frock. Mr. Albright praised the custom of commemorating the deeds of pioneers with monuments. "We in the east have neglected this custom," he said, "but you people have come again to see how well the pioneers wrought. We hav been busy building factories and have forgotten this important work." The pioneer he held up as a model man and expressed the hope that future Americans would profit by their ex ample. At the close of the ceremonies, three little girls distributed roses from the D. A. it. to the visitors. They also gave away samples of Oregon City Indian rones. Mr. Hawley then escorted th editors and their wives to the paper plant, where his. largest machine was in operation. 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