The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-15
UTAH DRUGGISTS
ANNUAL SESSION
Commercial Club Acts AS Host
for the Pharmacists of
the State.
LADIES ARE TAKEN
TO SALTAIR BEACH
Interesting Business Session
Followed by All Sorts of
Amusement.

druggists and it's going 10 be even
Y bigger year il the attitude of NOM
bers OF the Utah Pharmaceutical asso
ciaGion which began the sessions of the
annual convention al thc Commercial
club Wednesday forenoon portends any
thing. The men who handle drugs be.
gan to gather at about 10 o'clock and
the numbers were swelled considerably
as the day wore away until more than
one hundred Of the representative phar- |
macists of the state had anDeared,
In spite of the many weghty mat
tcrs scheduled for discussion every one
wore pleasant smile and seemed glad 10
como 10 Zion. Arrangements were |
made immediately for carrying our the
programme, of pleasure which had been
perfected by the entertainment com
Inittee and nothing was omitted by
members of the association here that |
would conducc 10 the comfort and
pleasure of the guests from other parts
If the state.
Visit Places Of Interest.
Following the completion OF the
morning session. members OF the as
sociation visited different places Of in
lcrest in the city and compared the
appearance OF affairs with what had
heen n year ago. The large number Of
ladies' who visited the city with their
husbands and escorts met at the Cullen
hotel at lao clock and then went to
Saltajr On the train leaving al
clock. where programme of games
and other entertainment was carried
uut. Late in the afternoon. the men
Of the association and their friends
ioned the ladies and took advantage of
the opportunity for dip in the salt
waters of the great lake. AT clock
2 banquet was served IN the big ship
cafe, where merriment and gajety
tI.a nrtt ,f
the late train.
The business part Of the convention
began promptly at 10 o'clock ar the
Commercial club, when the meeting
vaS called 10 order bv President Joy ,
VI, Johnson Following brief prayer
hy the Rev :. II. Goodwin. the roll
call showed about seventy-five members
of the association present. The adj
dress Of welcome was then delivered by
DIR, w. \. Wade Of Salt Lake City, and
was responded to by Archibald Beven
of Tooele and Alex TIedquist of Provo.
The remainder or the morning session 7
was then occupied with general bust !
ness and the election of new members =
al the association. q
Annual Address d
President johnson opened the after /
noon session at . o clock bv delivering /
his annual address. He called attention C
10 the great progress that had been
made by the association since its or /,
ganlzation, seventeen years ago and O
spoke of the attempts made 70 bring t
about Il better condition of the phar- c
macists OF the state by the enactment r
of wise laws protecting not only the !,
druggists but the public. The work OF y
the local associations OF Salt Lake City. h
Weber county and Utah county was h
spoken OF and the members Of those L
associations were compimented for the
bal ~
bringing about better conditions for
the drug men IN those localities. v
Allusion was made 10 the death of k
Or. :. H. Alexander. Harry Bennett and Fl
Jesse i. Driver. two of whom were &
charter members of the association and
zation he said. would be greatly missed |
Greater attention 10 the advantage de-
rived from affiliating with the two
great national pharmaceutical organiza-
tions was urged because Of the help
derived by association with the drug. s
gists of the entire country. n
Good Financial Condition. +,
Reports Of the secretary and treas G
urer showed the association to be in 3
an excellent condition financially. Re e.
ports also were received from the execu. a
five committee, the financial commit s
tee, the trade interests committee, leg d
lslative committee, committee on resou- g
tions. board of pharmacy and auxiliary r,
committee, transportation committee, G.
progress Of pharmacy committee, mem, y
bership committee. committee on ar
T2ngemenfs and the entertainment com 1
nittec, ]
The educational portion of the ses- Il
SION was then started with the reading
Of a paper on 1.-The Prescribing Drug I
gist," by DR.. r. r. Brownfield of Salt
Lake City. DIR. II. s. Pyne Of Provo de-
voted some time TO discussion OF the
subject. "The National Formulary,
Making it n Greater Asset to the Retail
Pharmacist and to the Physician was
then considered in a paper by Harry le
Whitworth and D. ". Irvine in dis
cusson OF the subject 'eThe Func- =.
ton of the State Board Of Pharmacy X
and the New Pharmacy Laws was W
then discussed by Alex Hcdquist of Il
Provo and by W. n. DAYTON and F.. c. "
Schramm OF Salt Lake City. II
Go to saltair. .
The meeting adjourned in time to per #
NIT the members to take the 5 clock S
train for Saltair. After an hour de. g.
voted 10 merriment about the resort,
the banquet was served in the big ship
Loviathan Charles Van Dyke, presi-
dent, of the Salt Lake association, pre-
sided oyyer, the feast as toastmaster. A
good deal OF amusement was then ,
caused by the delivery of addresses of "a "a
some Of the members Mrs John Treas. <
ure asked, ''What has become of the
bright children of the pastq' n. n.
Swartwood gave an Interesting disscr II
1ntion on the folly and effects of fine n, m
dress. and T. c. Schramm regaled the "
guests with an able presentation of his a,
experiences in the matrimonial market h;
The feature of todays sessions Will 3,
be the address on the Cooperation and i.
Enforcement of the Pure Food and
Drugs Act of June 30, l906,' by
George =. McCabe of Washington, d
C.. solicitor for the department of agri, I:
culture. who has been especially active -
in conducting matters connected with
tho pure food laws. Mr. McCabe will
begin his address Immediately upon the a
opening Of the morning session at 10 q
O'Clock. An excellent programme of ad
dresses has been arranged for. The -
ladies of the members will attend an
organ recital at the tabernacle at 2:3O V