The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-08
The officers and committees follow:
Officers

OFFICERS.
President of the defense council, DR..
Henry j. Waters, president of the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Secretary, ]. c. Mohler, secretary of
the state board of agriculture.
!, Treasurer. Walter L. Payne, state
treasurer.
Vice presidents district. Mrs.
Cora Wellhouse Billiard, Tonganoxie;
Second district, Charles F. Scott, Iola.,
Third district. E. V. Lanlon, Pittsburg;
Fourth district, William Allen White,
Emporia; Fifth district, NJ. McAuliffe,
Salina: Sixth district. DR.. w. A. Lewis,
Hays; Seventh district. Emerson
Carey. Hutchinson: Eighth district,
Henry LasSen, Wichita
Committees.
Emergency committee, to take food,
seed and labor census of every county
Governor Capper, chairman; Presi-
dert Henry J. Waters, Ex-Governor
Walter Roscoe Stubs, Lawrence; DR..
w. A. Lewis, president of the Fort
Hays normal; Henry Lassen, Wichita.
Committee on Labor-A. J. Johnson.
Wichita, president State Federation of
Labor. chairman; Paul J. Mcbride
state labor commissioner, Topeka; w
NJ. Amos, Topeka; r. ]. Hopkins, Gar
den City; D. j. Fair, Sterling; c. D.
Resler, Erie; M. NJ. Sherman, Craw-
ford.
Publicity-Frank P MacLennan,
White. Emporia: Henry j. Allen.
Wichita; Charles F. Scott. lola; Chas-
J. Dillon, Topeka: George c. Wheeler.
Topeka: NJ. F. Amrine, Council Grove:
C. C. Howes, Topeka.
Finance-Arthur Capper, Topeka
chairman; L. H. Wulfekuhler. Leaven-
worth; w. r. Stubbs, Lawrence;
Emerson Carey, Hutchinson; Henry
Lassen, Wichita
Public Defense-Prof. F. w. Black
o1, oiJ ~
l. Martin. Topeka; H A. Mendenhall,
Kansas City: Clyde Miller, Miller; ].
X Codding, Lansing; ]. n. Dolley, To-
peka.
Agricultural Production-W. NJ.
Jardine, general farming, Manhattan,
chairman; Gov. w. r. Stubbs live
stock. Lawrence; D. ]. Fair, grain.
Sterling; B. Needham. general farm
ing, Lane; Maurice McAuliffe, general
farming, Salina; o. F. Whitney, fruit,
Topeka: Edwin Taylor. potatoes and
truck Edwardsville; w. A Lewis. gen.
eral farming. Hays; E. c. johnson,
general farming, Manhattan; Mrs.
Theo. Saxon, Topeka; Mrs. Cora Well
house Billiard, Tonganoxie; F. D. Co
burn, Topeka; W. ]. Tod, Maple Hill;
T H Mercer Cottonwood Falls; Clyde
Miller of Miller.
Mineral Resources-Robert A. Gray,
coal. Weir City, chairman; W. E.
Brown. oil. Augusta; Emerson Carey.
Pittsburg.
Utilization and Economy-Mrs. May
Bellevillee Brown, Salina, chairman; ].
F. Cochrane. packer, Kansas City,
Kan; A. H. Cutler. wholesale grocer,
Emporia; O. A Boyle, commission
merchant wichita; DR.. F. W. Black
mar, Lawrence; Mrs. Noble Prentis,
Topeka Mrs Mary P. Van Zile, Man
haitian; Miss Elizabeth Sprague, Law
renee; Miss Elizabeth Bye. Emporia;
Miss Elizabeth Agnew, Hays; Miss
Alba Bayles, Pittsburg.
Kansas city. Kan. chairman: E. V.
Lanyon, Pittsburg; Henry Lassen.
Wichita; John Seaton, Atchison;
Harry Darby. Kansas City; ]. D. Bow
Leavenworth; H. N. Strait, Kansas
City; A. w. Shulthis, Independence; J.
F. Haskell, Topeka
Transportation-F. c. Fox, Topeka,
Paul Walker, Topeka: r. w. Blair, To-
peka; A. De Bernardo, Atchison.
Sub Committees of Committee on Ag-
ricuItural Resources.
Field Crops-D J. Fair, Sterling
chairman; w. A. Lewis, Hays; L. e.
Call. Manhattan; Charles W. Weeks,
Hays; B. Needham, Lane; J. NJ. Gill
man, Leavenworth.
Potato and Truck Crops-Edwin
Taylor, Edwardsville. chairman; Scott
Kelsey Topeka: Mrs. Theo Saxon, To-
peka; E. B. Mathews. Hays; Fred Mer-
rill. Manhattan.
Seeds-L E Call. Manhattan.
chairman; Barteldes Seed company,
Lawrence; Ross Brothers Seed House,
Wichita; Hayes Seed House, Topeka;
Mangelsdorf Brothers, Atchison; Rude
Seed House. Kansas City. Mo: G. E.
Thompson, Manhattan; Harry TIMBER
ger, Manhattan.
Livestock-Gov. w r. Stubbs, Law
renee, chairman; w. A. Cochel, Man
haitian; w. ]. Tod, Maple Hill; j. H
Mercer, Topeka; E. C. johnson, Man
haitian; L. w. Goss, Manhattan; w. H
Murphy. Topeka; F. D. Coburn, To-
peka: L. E. Hobbs, Manhattan; J. F.
Cochrane, Kansas City, Kan; c. c.
Cochrane, Hays.
Dairying-o. E. Reed. Manhattan.
chairman; W. r. Stubs, Lawrence;
William Newlin, Hutchinson: E. E.
Potter, Sterling; Lewis Grouse, Hays;
A. s. Neale. Manhattan.
Fruit-o. F. Whitney. Topeka.
Geo. o. Greene, Manhattan; George II.
Groh, Wathena; Geo. w. Holsinger,
Rosedale; E.. G. Hoover, Wichita; E.
E. Yaggy. Hutchingson-
Insects-Geo. Dean, Manhattan,
chairman; S. j. Hunter, Lawrence; o.
F: Whitney. Topeka; ]. H. Merrill.
Manhattan; %. E. Kelley, Wellington;
DR.. Milligan, Wichita; T. H. Parks,
Manhattan.
Labor, Horse and Machine Power
J. c. Mohler, Topeka, chairman: P. ].
Mcbride, Topeka; C. H. Danner, To-
peka: A. A. Potter, Manhattan; w. E.
Grimes, Manhattan; Willard Crane
Hays; o. E. Wright, Topeka.
Poultry-George Bueoy, Cedarvale:
Ross M. Sherwood. Manhattan; G. D
McClaskey, Topeka; Thomas Owen,
Topeka; Seymour Packing company,
Topeka.
Gardening and Canning-E. c.
johnson, Manhattan, chairman; Mrs
Hattie Moore Mitchell, Pittsburg; Otis
E. Hall, Manhattan; E. B. Matthews,
Hays Normal; Miss Elizabeth Bye,
Emporia Normal; o. =. Whitney. To-
peka.
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