The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
THRESHERMEN
COME TODAY
Machines in Train Loads and
Hundreds of Operators
RALLY BEGINS TOMORROW
CaIliOpe, and Bands Will Fur
niSh Music
RALLY BEGINS TOMORROW


IN Wichita Tomorrow the men who OPP
crate them will be here, and they are
coming by hundreds. With fair weather
there viii be no less than fifteen hun
dred threshers in Wichita Wednesday
and Thursday. The advance guard will
reach Wichita on the late trains tonight,
and every train viii carry car loads the
next day.
The implement. men Of the city and the
companies who viii make special displays
have their representatives here fixing up
their rooms for the big display Of ma
chinery. Wichita implement men viii do
themselves proud this week in their recep-
ton to the threshermen and will prove to
those who have never visited Wichita
that this is a very good town to visit
when a good time is wanted.
This is the first annual convention OF
the Wichita Threshers' association, an
organization made up of the dealers in
machines in this city and organized espe-
cially for the entertainment of the men
who own and operate the machines in
Kansas and Oklahoma. They have
planned rally Of threshermen, something
that has never been undertaken in the
county before and have provided for a
parade unique and original No one in
this country has ever seen a parade of
threshing machines. engines, separators,
stackers and all. the engines steamed up
and running ard this line followed by enc
thousand men who make operating
threshing machine their occupation.
The Wichita men are determined to
show their guests a good time. There
will be music by bands and a steam cal
Hope which comes ali of the way from
Racine, Wis, for this occasion. This
caIliope viii be in the parade and add its
joyful tones TO those of the brasses and
reeds and the hum of the threshing ma
chine.
This parade viii start at the corner of
First street and St Francis avenue
promptly at , o'clock Wednesday even
ing, and will traverse the principle
streets After this will come the visit to
the various displays until half past Z
o'clock, when threshermeH viii assemble
at the Auditorium. The calliOpe viii
steam up again and entertain the crowd
until O'Clock. when the session viii open
with an address of welcome by Mayor Nc
Lean and the response by James Winter,
of SaIina. There viii be music, followed
by an address by c. E. BIiesse, of Chicago,
supreme president of the Threshers' Ma
tioaal Protective association. an organiZa-
ton of the threshing machine operators Of
the country John Tracy, president of
the Wichita association, viii follow.
There will be several threshermen's pa
pers represented here during the rally,
and addresses will be made by c. T.
Bowers, of the Threshers World; B. 3.
Clark, of the American Thresherman, and
J. L. Stevenson, of the Threshers' Review.
Following these viii come the speeches of
the representatives OF the various
thresher and attachment companies.
Thursday viii be taken up with visit
ing the displays and the city until the
show at the Auditorium, to which all
fhreshermen are invited, and from the
Auditorium the threshermen viii go to
Garfield hall and there they viii be ten
dered a banquet and smoker by the
Wichita dealers.
Some twenty threshing machine and at
tachment companies have made arrange
ments for displays during the rally. Two
companies viii be here with train loads
OF machines destined TO this section of
the country.
The J. / Case Threshing Machine COM
pany, of Racine, Wis, started a train of
cars from their factory last Thurs
day. and this viii reach Wichita this
afternoon shortly before o'clock. This
train comes over the Rock Island, and
during the rally viii be on exhibition on
the tracks near the passenger depot, This
train is under the especial charge of Off
Gals OF the threshing company and some
of their eastern travelling men, and run
under the supervision of Z. L. Wratten.
traffic manager of the road. This train
Will carry a calliope.
Shortly before : o'clock tonight the Az
cry train of something over thirty cars
will arrive over the Santa Fe from Peoria.
III. the home Of the Avery Manufacturing
COMPANY This train Will also carry spe-
eta Representative Of the company and
traffic officials Of the railroad One fun
outfit viii be in operation during the trip
and during the stay here. where II VIII be
exhibited on the Santa Fe tracks, near
douglas avenue.
The headquarters during the meeting
win be al the Manhattan hotel. where each
thresherman as he arrives in the city IS
requested to go and register. Here he viii
be assigned to rooms and given copies OF
the program and a ticket to the show
THURSDAY evening AID other Information
regarding the displays and Headquarters
of the companies represented in the city
Yesterday the Official program was sent
10 the printers It is as follows:
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is.
a. m.-Registration OF visitors at head
quarters. Manhattan hotel