Show EDITORS WAX enthusiastic OVER RIVER BOAT TRIP editors of utah who attended the recent press convention at moab had the tune of their lives here and are highly enthused over the pleasures afforded by the colorado river boat trip if one Is to judge by the articles which they have published in their various papers without a single exception cep tion all accounts of the trip state that it is a unique attraction which who loves western scenery should experience lack of space prevents us from re publishing all of the glowing accounts of the editors excursion that have appeared in our exchanges during the past week A typical report was published by W T igleheart in the price news advocate and follows if you want an outing that Is a real treat just ask any member of the eastern utah division of the utah press association what sort of a time I 1 they had fishing for cat fish on the colorado last week end theres nothing like it tor fun scenery fishing swimming and anything else in your category L L taylor of the moab times independent was chairman of arrangements range ments and admiral of the boat trip the editors and their friends arrived in moab friday night left bright and early saturday morning on the big gasoline powered boat after banging around a bit on sandbars the boat moored beside a grassy meadow some miles south of moab and there the gang of twenty five or more spent the night the river was just the right temperature pera ture tor fishing and swimming fullest advantage was taken of both by the twenty five editors and near editors who made up the party busl ness was not neglected A number of i resolutions regarding the printing and publishing business were recommended to the state association officers as of last year were reelected as follows william T igleheart chairman mrs george harrison of roosevelt vice chairman and 0 K clay of price secretary A new recruit was enlisted in the person of frank H reeds of the grand junction sentinel who declared he would rather cast his lot with the utah editors than those of eastern colorado he said utah is overlooking a fine business opportunity on the western slope of colorado following is an excerpt from a story printed by the publishers auxiliary of chicago leading trade publication of the country A special meeting of the eastern division of the utah state press association was held at moab utah on saturday and sunday may 23 and 24 the meeting having been called by wm T igleheart of the news aavo cate of price who is the chairman ot the eastern division arrangements for the meet yere made by L L taylor of the times inde pendent at moab every member of the eastern division had been looking forward with pleasure to this meeting as chairman igleheart had announced that the feature of the meeting would be a trip down the colorado river on board the pleasure boat moab most of the members arrived in moab friday night where they were treated to a big chicken dinner and arrangements were completed tor an early start the next morning there were some twenty members of the association including representatives from the state organization and front salt lake city present and these together with some of the leading catl t zens of southeastern utah embarked at 10 00 a m saturday morning for the trip down the canyon of the colorado notwithstanding the low stage of the water the trip was negotiated for some ten miles down the river without serious incident excepting several instances when the boat was caught by sandbars necessitating some skill on the part of the boatmen in getting off the bars tying up about ten miles below moab you might say that the association went into executive session and discussed the latest and most approved methods of catching channel catfish with the result that every one had his fill of this famous fish on this part of the colorado river some miles northeast of the boulder dam project the river is several hundred yards wide with high precipitous sandstone cliffs running up about 1000 to 2000 feet high on each side of the river there are no farms or ranches along the river in fact with the exception of one or two old timers there Is practically no one living on the river below moab for many miles and the meeting of the association was held in the midst of the river and desert solitude following a busy day fishing swimming exploring the ancient cliff dwellings which abound in the canyon walls everyone turned in somewhere between 10 00 p m and 3 00 a m for a good nights rest preparatory tor the return trip up the river to moab the next morning the business meeting was held sunday morning on the return trip reports being presented from various officers of the association and policy for future being outlined one of the important matters for discussion was the matter of the press associations financing the necessary legal actions to force district school boards to properly publish their reports in compliance with the law another matter of importance was that of the associations taking over the direction of the publicity for the state fair in order to properly carry on business in the state of utah it was suggested that the press association take out incorporation po ration papers on a nonprofit non profit basis other matters of importance were in turn taken up and several definite recommendations were made by he eastern division to the state association which meeting will be held in the summer at provo one of the features of the meeting was the presentation to bash taylor of a small silver loving cup as the champion cat fisherman of the association |