The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-14
THERESHERMEN
WILL PAkADE
This Afternoon at Three
o'CIock---Route of Parade
MANY OPERATORS HERE
Geary County Carried Off
Prize Banner of 7. N. P. A.

Provided the weather man feels espe-
cially lenient to the threshermen and the
citizens of Wichita. the hi parade OF
threshing machines and threshermen will
be pulled off this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The committee on arrangements yester-
day postponed the parade on account OF
the weather and announced that If today
is fair it would be pulled off today.
The street car company yesterday noti-
/ fed the committee that they could not
! allow them to use the track, as the con-
tlnded rainfall had so soaked the ground
under the pavement that they were afraid
| the running of the big engines would ruin
the pavement. The parade viii be given
provided fair weather appears in Wichita
today. The line old march has been
changed to conform to the wish of the
street car people.
The parade will be formed at the corner
Of st. Francis and First, and will move
promptly at o'clock. They will move
south on ST. Francis TO William street.
crossing Douglas avenue on heavy oak
planking. The line Of march follows:
West on William to Lawrence avenue.
street
West on Second street to Water street.
South on Water street to William,
where it will disband.
The parade will cross Douglas avenue
three times and Main street once. Ar
rangements have been made to have
the parade photographed in sections. The
line will be made up exactly as was in
tended for the parade yesterday.
There are one thousand threshermen in
the city and two hundred representatives
of threshin machine and attachment COM
panies. Men wearin red badges and the
iapels of the coats covered with buttons
can be found at every step The thresher-
men are having a good time, even if the
weather is very unfavorable. They meet
friends and make them. The men are
jolly crowd and as the Wichita people
had provided for their entertainment
every one is having a good time. Yester-
day was taken up with visiting the vari-
Gus displays in different parts of the city.
There are something like twenty-five
threshing machine companies and manu-
facturerS of attachments represented in
Wichita. off the paved streets it was
rather muddy walking. and much harder
to operate the machines, but the dealers
did the best they could under the condi-
tions, and they were rewarded by having
a great crowd of visitors throughout the
day.
The display that excited the largest
number of people was that of the ]. I.
Case Threshing Machine company Of
Racine. Wis, who sent thirty-two cars
Of fhreShinp machines and attachpantS
from the factory With this outfit came
the calliope of the American Thresher-
men of Madison, Wis The caIliope wa
manipulated by Mr.. Harry d. Clark,
treasurer of the American Threshermen.
and he did his job well. The calliope is
the best one ever heard here, as far as
music is concerned. 1t is not constructed
to make noise, as all circus calliopes
are, but for what music can be produced
with it. Mr.. Clark plays the calliope for
recreation, and he has studied music with
it closely as one does any other mu-
steal instrument. He has a long roper
toire of popular tunes, and gives a very
entertaining program. He will play dur
ing the parade this afternoon.
1t may not be generally known that the
thirty-two cars of machines that stand on
the Rock Island tracks represents $3.50 900
in cash On the train there are q thresh-
ing engines, 55 separators and y horse
powers with the attachments. This train
is consigned to Oklahoma territory alone
and will go intact from this city TO Ok
lahoma Friday morning. The train load
represents two days work in the factory.
The train is in charge Of E. I. Wratten.
traffic manager; F. f. Russell, assistant
sales manager. and =. p. Coleman, SUI
pcrlnteudent Of general agencies. They
were met here by g. n. Rash. general
agent for Oklahoma, and E. /. Bretmcr,
of Kansas City. and also the company's
travelling men in Kansas and Oklahoma
On the Santa Fe tracks stood the train
of the Avery Manufacturing company OF
q cars. each car containing 4 fun outfit
Of the Yellow Fellows. on the train was
one full rig in operation. The engine had
about the strangest whistle ever heard
here one man said it seemed TO him to
be a cross between a bloodhound and a
dying COW. Il made all kinds OF noise.
however. and did its work wen. for It
drew a crowd. This train load Of ma
chimes are all sold in the territory tribu-
tary to Wichita. and along the lines of
the Santa Re. and will be distributed from
this city Friday and Saturday.
Geary county carried off the prize ban
ner for the largest per centage Of mem
beTs present at sthls meeting. The ban
ner was offered by the supreme council
OF the Throshcrmen's National Protective
association. Several counties had larger
delegation. but not a larger per centage
OF members. The Geary county associa-