The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-08-22
EVENTS ARE PLANNED
Wichita Jobbers', Association
to Entertain Merchants
DURING CARNIVAL WEEK
Committees are Appointed for
Preliminary Arrangements.

A ,oaetng- of the Wichita Jcfbbers ant
,,,,,,foo+,rers Association was held las
rfgbt at the Commercial Club rooms anc
,.ans were formulated for the e.ntert ain
inv of the merchant visitors from south
~, Kansas and Oklahoma, who are tC
aa here during the Street Fair and car
nivaL
r,o naeting was an enthusiastic one
and MANY plans were discussed conct 'rn-
ing the coming events in the city. 'ur'
ino the carnival of last year, the a. $50
.,...on entertained their visitors at the
(ror,-oe-cial club rooms and al OF the
o,-arireye were filed with much pleai sure
for all concerned. The event OF this year
will be much more extensive 'n11
of the previous year
The dates were selected last hisAI III
the receptions for the visitors, and Ihey
are Wednesday and Friday OF the Oar-
nival week The hours will be from Z " ~
in the evening. 1t is planned 70 III
ear event with splendid music anu re-
fresbments on the elaborate order VIII i'e
served The receptions will be held al
the Commercial Club rooms, according 10
the present arrangements. These rooms
are especially well adapted for such gath-
erings.
Committees were appointed last night
IN look after the arrangements tor the
occasion and invitations will be immedi-
atelv sent out to the merchants in the
territory adjacent 10 Wichita
All Of the jobbing houses Of Wichita
are represented in the association and all
Of them have travelling men in the terri
tory reached py the Wichita houses
The officers of the association are as
follows: President, w. w. Johnson, Jr'
of the Johnston-Larimer Dry Goods Com
panv: vice president, H. Imboden, Of the
Iraboden Milling company; secretary,
John L. Powell of the Geldstandt-Powell
Hat company; treasurer, John B. House,
Of the Lehman -Higginson Grocery COM
pany.
Among the committees arranged for
last night are those on invitation and
entertainment and reception. The mem
bers of the respective committees fol-
low:
Committee on Invitation-John L. Pow
ell. w. E. Bailey, o. P. Taylor, John B.
House.
Committee on E1#ertainment-Chas.
Ayles5ury. A Hess. Geo. T. Walker, J.
c. Casey, Nick Steffen.
Reception Committee-J. H. Black, w.
T. Jett. W. W Johnston, C. e. Lehman,
J. /. johnson. S. D. Porter, ". S. Grant,
A NJ Goldst andt F. c. Wood, Albert
Van Zandt. ]. c. Dunn, Hockaday.
It has been arranged that q majority
he
chants win be personal invitations. which
B. Considered much more preferable than
the other methods in use.
The Wichita jobbers and manufactur-
ers belonging to the association are:
Aylcsbury Mercantile company, Bryan
Bros, Nins Burris, Casey & Garst ]. C.
Dunn & PRO. Electrical Supply and Con
struction Co, W s Grant. Goldstandt-
Powell Hat Co. Glose Iron Works, Hook
aday Hardware Co. L. Hays Saddlery
and Leather Co, Halstead and Newton
Mill and Elevator Co. Imboden Mill Co,
Jett & Wood, Johnston & Larimer Dry
Goods Co, A. y. Kellogg Newspaper
Union. L. C. Jackson, Lehmann- Higgin-
son Grocer Co, Charles Lawrence. J. D.
McEwen. John McComb. S. A. McClung
Boot and Shoe Co. Mccormick Harvester
Machine Co, Moore Bros Stove Works,
Neff Shoe Co.. c. E. Potts Drug Co., r.
0. Rodolf, Steffen &Bretch. Stanley Hat
Co, United Sash & Door Co, Van Zandt
Implement and Hardware Co, Wichita
Produce Co, Wichita Trunk Factory.
Western Newspaper Union. Western
Pianing MI Co, Whitney Paper Co.
Wichita Union Mil Co, Wauenstein &
Cohn, Wichita Wholesale Grocer Co.,
Kansas & Texas Coal Co