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 numerous matters had been thoroughly thrashed out. Full details of the Wenatchee meeting, however, have had to be reserved until the complete report in the next issue of The Washington Newspaper.

Hill and Kennedy, both tired out after the joyous labor of the day, jumped a train for Spokane, where zone one was to meet Saturday, September 25, at the Davenport Hotel. This district has 33 papers and is com posed of Ferry, Steven's, Pend d'Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams and Whitman counties. Here the same program as at Wenatchee was scheduled.

Monday, September 27, E. L. Wheeler of the Waitsburg Times will have his session at Walla Walla, where seventeen papers will be represented from the counties of Walla Walla Columbia, Asotin, Franklin and Garfield, known as district 2. T. R. Porte, Salt Lake, representing the Franklin Price List, will be at this meeting, and also Prof. Kennedy, to offer whatever assistance the editor's may need in perfecting their organization.

A double-header will be played on Tuesday, September 28, when two districts will hold their meetings - one at Ellensburg. the other at Vancouver. The Ellensburg meeting will have Chapin D. Foster of The Grand View Herald, J. C. Kaynor of The Ellens burg Record and Dr. M. L. Spencer, director of the School of Journalism , University of Washington, to guide their work. This is district 3 and includes Yakima, Benton and Kittitas counties, with sixteen papers. The Vancouver meeting will be under the direction of R. H. Mitchell of The Woodland News. Fifteen papers are in the counties of Clarke, Skamania, Cowlitz and Wakiakum. Both Mr. L'orte and Mr. Kennedy are scheduled for the entire session in this district, when all the problems of or ganization will be perfected.

Chehalis has claimed the right to convene district 6 on Friday, October 1, when Clarence Ellington, president of the Washington State Press Asso ciation, will handle the gavel of at tention to editors of the counties of Lewis and Pacific with ten papers. Mr. Kennedy is due to be there too.

Following this session, Dan Cloud from The Montesano Vidette will realize one of his ambitions when district 7 convenes in his home town, with Mr. Porte and Mr. Kennedy as assist ants. Mr. Cloud has been working on this plan for some weeks and is ready to fire. Grays Harbor, Thurston and Mason with fourteen papers will make up this meeting.

Another cloud comes over the state press at the next meeting when Ray Cloud meets with the forty -three papers representing districtIcom posed of counties Snohomish, Skagit, Island, San Juan, and Whatcom. This eeting Willbeheldin Anacortesi Monday, October 4. Mr. Cloud is from Ferndale and owns The Record of that city. He also will be assisted by Mr. Kennedy.

District 11 has as its counties Cal lamandsefferson with six papers, the session to be held in Port Angeles with Billy Welch of The Port Angeles News as directori - chief and Kennedy to fill in wherever his services may apply. Plan Complete to Zone 8-9

This leaves the district organization plan complete up to zones 8 and 9. District 9 is made up of Pierce Coun ty, with twelve papers , and will hold 222