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newspapers are following the same old rut.

We did Yellowstone and saw a geyser that made the vociferous oratory of Claude Ingalls sound like the contented purr of a new-born kitten. We saw the schoolhouse where the dance was held that indirectly led my wife to her terrible fate. We saw the road which we once traversed with sprightly livery steeds. Only motor cars traverse it now, and both hands are required for the driving. Lovemaking has been made difficult and robbed of much of its enjoyment.

We saw many other things worth telling about, but I am confined to a few hundred words. We found financial conditions not nearly so good as those in Oregon; we found that the roads in other states did not come up to Oregon's. We traveled nearly 7,000 miles without any trouble worth mentioning. We looked down steep precipices well towards the place that our delinquent subscribers are going to and up the side of stone walls to the place all editors ought to go to. We found everyone anxious to go to Oregon, and decided to hike back ourselves while there was yet room.

THE dates for the annual Oregon Newspaper Conference have finally been set for March 22, 23 and 24. The new building is already above the first story and the masons are laying the red brick along the line of the second story windows of the long room, 50 by 30, which will be dedicated to the annual nЯe of the Conference. The date set is late enough so that there is almost no likelihood of having to hold the sessions elsewhere than in the Journalism School.

There was some hesitation in the minds of the program committee as to whether the Conference ought not to be held before or during the legislative session; but the officers of the State Editorial Association decided that the Legislative Committee, meeting in Portland in January, could easily handle any question likely to arise.

The program committee will greatly appreciate suggestions as to features to be included in the March meeting. Letters should be addressed to Dean Allen on account of the situation at Astoria which makes it impracticable for Lee Drake to carry the heavy end of the correspondence. Negotiations are under way with Hendrik Willem Van Loon, James Wright Brown, and other notables in the journalistic world; but, of course, the prime interest of these meetings is always in the part taken in them by the members themselves. Several interesting suggestions have already been received.

President Drake maintains that one of the chief ends to be attained in arranging the program is to allow plenty of time for committee meetings and informal gatherings and for group meetings. In addition, he says:

"I believe it advisable to have the work departmentized. work departmentized. We could divide the sessions into two series of meetings, one for the news end and one for the business end, these meetings to be going on at the same time. Again, the news and business meetings could be divided up into departmentals so that in some instances we could have several meetings going on at one time and in this manner give more attention to details. However, there are many phases of the newspaper work that would be interesting to all.

"Suppose that we would convene in general session, dispose of some general