The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
DON'T WANT POULTRY SHOW.
Opposition to Allowing Chicken Men
to Use the Auditorium.

There is a report that some of the
members of the board of health are
planning to make fight against allow
ing the State Poultry show to use the
Auditorium, on the ground that the
building is injured thereby, and render
ed unsanitary.
1t is a well known fact that the
chicken show does produce a very dis
agreeable odor, not only in the Audi
torium itself, but throughout all the
city offices. 1t is worse in this respect
than almost any other kind of exhibit
which mas ever been placed in the
building. Not only is the odor very dis
agreeable while the show is in progress,
but there has been a good deal of trou-
bic in the past because the Poultry as
SOciation has not properly cleaned the
building after leaving it. Last year the
Auditorium was left in terrible shape
after the poultry show. A feeble imi-
tation of a clean up was given it by the
order of the show officials, but when
the Midwinter Exposition association
was moving into the building, just after
the poultry show left, it had to spend
quite large sum of money in having
the floors scrubbed. 1t was necessary to
use all manner of cleaning and scour-
ing substances to get the floor in decent
shape for the Midwinter exposition.
1t may be that the opposition of the
members of the board of health is COM
ing too late to accomplish anything.
The application of the State Poultry as
Sociation for the use of the Auditorium
for the week beginning Jan. 9, has al
ready been presented to the city cOun-
Gil committee on buildings, and granted.
This committee is composed of COun-
ciImen Griley, Ryder and Hughes. MI.
Hughes is also secretary of the State
Poultry association. He stated taday
that his application for the use of the
building had been approved. OF course
the board of health might carry the
fight into the city council, and possibly
reverse the action of the committee on
buildings.
The officers of the State Poultry as
ISOLATION are very indignant that any
body should try to keep the show from
using the Auditorium, and threaten to
remove the show to some other city if
permission is refused. They deny en-
phatically the charge that the poultry
show is unSanitary, and that 1T is not
conducted in a cleanly manner.
Secretary Hughes said today: II had
not heard before that any members of
the board of health are opposed to al
lowing up to use the Auditorium, but I
am not surprised. 1 know just where
work. and is done to get even with me
for my attitude in opposition to the
board on that latrine closet matter. L
the board of education was |
right in that matter, and had the cour- |
age to say so, and now there are some |
members of the board of health, APP !
parently, who think that they can hit |
me by barring the poultry show from |
the auditorium.
THE biggest poultry show in the
world is given at Madison Square Gar
den, New York. The Crystal Palace at
St. Joseph is also used. The auditor
ium at Lincoln, Neb., is another. At
City they allow the use of the |
hall. This is the first time
L have ever heard anybody kicking on
the poultry show on the ground that it
is unsanitary. There is nothing in it.
l say it is spite work, and 1 don't care
who knows that | say it.
If the city of Topeka will not allow
US to use this building, we will take
the show to some other town. There are
plenty of towns in the state which can
give us good accommodations, and they
would no doubt be willing to offer 9TH
er inducements for such a show as we
expect to give this year. Up in Lincoln,
Neb., the merchants of Lincoln pay all
he expenses of the show, just simply
to get it to come there. Topeka does
s the use of the Auditorium, and we
expect to pay $3.50 for that.
THE building is cleaned and kept in
sanitary condition. 1t is fumigated. so
hat all possible disease germs are kill
ID. This talk about it being unsanifary
S all boSh." |,
1t does not seem likely that the OPP
position of some members of the board
If health will be strong enough to keep
he poultry associatio from getting the
Use of the building. The matter has
never been formally brought before the
BOARD, and unless there seems to be
some chance of having the protest
sustained, it may only be talked over
n an informal manner.
1t would be a very good thing if the
lgitation which the board of health is
starting should result in better facili-
les for cleaning the building, both
Turing and after the poultry show.
Straw, sour feed, dirt and refuse of
kinds is allowed to accumu-
ate underneath the coops, and when
he show is over, il is very difficult to
emove it from the floor. If the poultry
association takes the hint. and keeps {
he building clean, there will probablyl
,e no serious opposition to its use of
he building.