Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1905 — PUBLISHERS AT WATER VALLEY. [ARTICLE]

PUBLISHERS AT WATER VALLEY.

A Frosty Gathering On the Banks Of The Placid Old Kankakee. If “Mr. J. Bowie, of Thayer, RoselawD, Wheatfield, Shelby” and several other points, wanted to know what the regular newspaper publishers of Northwestern Indiana thought him of and of his business methods, he coaid not have went abont it to find out better than by his assumption in calling a meeting of publishers at Water Valley last Monday. The meeting was a hard frost, and it is hoped that the rebuke to the fellow’s wonderful gall and egotism will not be lost. The legitimate newspaper men evidently took the matter as a joke, as but two of The Democrat’s exchanges even acknowledged receipt of an invitation. Following are the names of the publishers in attendance: J. Bowie of Thayer. Leslie Clark of Rensselaer. of Momence, (Ill.) J. Bowie of Roselawn. G. E. Marshall of Rensselaer. J. Bowie of Shelby. Ragon of Lowell. J. Bowie of Demotte. J. Bowie of Kersey. C. A. McAllister of Monon. and J. Bowie of Wheatfield, irrepressible and much in evidence. Outside of the “J. Bowie” there were precisely six publishers of papers in attendance, and one of these was from over the line in Illinois. Not one of the five papers of Newton county (Bowie’s home county) was represented. No one was there from any of the other counties outside of Jasper, except one each from White, Starke and Lake, and it is quite probable that they now feel like apologizing for having gone. If the good people of Water Valley and vicinity made any extensive preparations to entertain the “crowd” that they were assured would be there, it is too bad indeed, for they were innocent viotims of the joke. The rebuke to Bowie was deserved.