The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-01
Luncheon and Theater Parties
the Order of Things.
HERE IN FORCE OCT. I AND 8
There Will Be Hard Work, Too,
at Annual Meeting.
The Topeka Commercial Club
Will Act as Host.

The program for the fOurtn annual
convention of the Kansas Retail
Butchers association. which will be
held at the Topeka Commercial club
quarters next Tuesday and Wednes-
day, was announced today by b. L.
Thompson of Herington. secretary. 1t
includes, aside from the addresses by
prominent speakers, a Tuesday even
Ing theater party rendered by the
Commercial club. Several hundred
tendance; the membership of the or
SANITATION has increased from 40 to
400 in four years.
Delegates will register at the Com
ynercial club quarters at nine O'CLOCK
Tuesday morning. The convention
will be formally opened at ten O'Clock
~ the president, Fred Garland. Of
Wellington. The address OF welcome
will be given by r. L. Cofran. mayor
Of Topeka. and the response by Pres
Adent Garland. Reports Of officers
will follow. Prior to the noon hour
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine. secretary OF the
state board of health. will speak on
"Co-operative Rat Batting"
Tuesday Afternoon.
Following are the Tuesday after
noon addresses: Credits as Applied
% the Retail Meat Business" by r.
Montgomery, secretary and credit
manager of the Topeka Retail Gro
GERS associations; What Has the Uni
versity Extension Department to Of
fer the Fatail Butcher" by F. r.
Hamilton, head of the correspondence
courses and merchants short course
at the Kansas state university; "The
Butcher Shop Window Display" by
Ed Whitlock of Wichita, and Harry
Kadish, window trimmer for the
ideal Bakery and Delicatessen. To-
peka; How to Advertise the Retail
Meat Store" by Marco Morrow, adj
vertising director Of the Capper pub
licatiOns; question box and meat block
talk fest, continued.
Theater Party Arranged.
Legislative questions will be dis
cussed at eight o'clock Tuesday even
ing by Arthur Hurd Of Abilene, at
torney for the Kansas Retail Butch
ers' association; Leon A. Congdon. as
sistant chief food inspector, and j. D..
Smith of Salina, treasurer of the as
ISOLATION. A theater party will be
given at the close of this discussion.
Wednesday Discussion.
Wednesday morning program: Ad
dress by John Dawson. attorney gen.
eral, 1.-The Antitrust Law as 1t Al
fects the Retail Butcher and the
the Retail Butcher" M. ]. Vincent,
Girard, S. B. Ellridge, Parsons: 1.-The
Model Slaughter House and Modern
Appliances" by Thomas Stack, Kan
sas City. and Emil GAMBIA, Usage
City: "How to Make Money On the
By-products of the Small Slaughter
House, by M. A. Schalker of the
worth. and Mr.. Winchester of the
Winchester Packing company, Hutch
insOn; question box and meat block
talkfest.
Wednesday Afternoon.
The Wednesday afternoon session
will be opened at two O'Clock by A.
Andrews of Salina, who will read a
paper on How to Make More Money
On Hides Reports Of the success
or failure Of cooperative delivery in
towns where it is in operation will
then be discussed E. C. Smith of
Pleasanton, W.. G. Cartney of Con-
cordia and Harry Bell'of Kansas City
will speak For the Good of, the Or
der" Election of officers will follow
The concluding feature for the after
noon will include a visit to the Wolff
and Seymour packing establishments
and street car ride over the city
In the evening a luncheon will be
rendered the visiting butchers by the
local packers. manufacturers and
commission houses.
Message From Secretary.
B. L. Thompson of Harrington, secre.
tary. has the following message for the
butchers of Kansas:
This is our program, but gentleman
1t does not tell it all. In addition tt
these speakers we will hear from al
the heavyweights of the butcher bust.
ness. We expect to have with us Joe
Vlach OF Hanover, who claims to make
the best hams in the world; Chris
krahe Of Clyde; ]. p. Mcclure, of Kan
sas City; Fred Entriken, who wants t.
XIII all the calves; Joe Mitschler o.
Winfield: William Butter, the Armour
OF kansas; ]. Check, of Ellsworth
the Bolonga King; John Rezac of St
Mary's, one of the charter members