The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-18
BIG CRUSADE IN KAN.
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next week. II will be presented with a
thoro report of conditions and needs
funds will be supplied for a crop rails
ing campaign Where local banks re-
fuse TO act, the state organization will
provide for ioans for seed. machinery
and labor Emergency cases Will be
given immediate consideration, but the
program for increasing the states crop
acreage and production will not be
presented until next week.
The officers and committees follow:
Officers.
President of the defense council. DR..
Henry J. Waters. president of the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
secretary, J. C Mohler, secretary of
the state board of agriculture.
Treasurer, Walter L Payne, state
treasurer.
Vice pres.dents-First district Mrs
Cora Wellhouse Billiard. Tonganoxie;
Second district, Cha rles F. Scott, lola;
Third district E V LanIon. Pittsburg;
Fourth district, William Allen White,
Emporia; Fifth district, NJ. McAuliffe,
Salina; Sixth district. DR.. W. A Lewis.
Hays: Seventh district. Emerson
Henry Lassen. Wichita
Committees.
Emergency committee, to take food.
seed and labor census of every county
Governor Capper, chairman; Presi-
deEt Henry J. Waters, Ex-Governor
Walter Roscoe Stubbs, Lawrence; DR..
W. A Lewis, president of the Fort
Hays normal; Henry Lassen, Wichita
Committee on Labor-A- ]. Johnson.
Wichita, president State Federation of
Labor. chairman; Paul J. Mcbride,
state labor commissioner, Topeka; W
NJ. Amos. Topeka; R. ]. Hopkins, Gar
Resler, Erie; NJ NJ Sherman, Craw-
ford.
PubIicity-Frank P MacLennan,
Topeka, chairman; William Allen
White. Emporia; Henry j. Allen
Wichita: Charles F. Scott, lola; Chas
]. Dillon Topeka; George C Wheeler.
Topeka: NJ F Amrine, Council Grove;
c C Howes, Topeka
Finauce-Arthur Capper. Topeka
chairman: l. H WuIfckuhIer, Leaven-
worth: w R. Stubs, Lawrence
Emerson Carey, Hutchinson; Henry
Lasser, Wichita
Public Defense-Prof F W. Black
mar. Lawrence, chairman; Gen Chas-
I. Martin. Topeka; H A. Mendenha1
Kansas City Clyde Miller Miller; J.
K Codding, Lansing; J. y. DoIley. To-
peka-
Agricultural Production-W- NJ
Jardine. general farming, Manhattan,
chairman; Gov w R. Stubs, live
stock. Lawrence: D. J. Fair, grain
Sterling; B. Needham. general farm
ing. Lane: Maurice McAuliffe, general
farming. SaIina; o. F. Whitney. fruit
Topeka; Edwin Taylor. potatoes and
truck .Edwardsville; w A Lewis, gen
eraI 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;
J. H Mercer. Cottonwood Falls; Clyde
Miller of Miller.
Mineral Resources-Robert A Gray,
coal Weir City. chairman; W. E
Brown. oil. Augusta; Emerson Carey,
salt, Hutchinson; E. V Lanyon, zinc,
Pittsburg.
Utilization and Economy-Mrs. May
BeIIeville Brown, Salina. chairman; J.
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 Prentfs,
Topeka; Mrs Mary P. Van ZiIe, Man
haitian: Miss Elizabeth Sprague, Law
renee; Miss Elizabeth Bye, Emporia;
Miss Eliza beth Aguew, Hays; Miss
Alba Bayles. Pittsburg.
Manufa ctures-J- F Cochrane,
Kansas City, Kan chairman; E V
Lanyon. Pittsburg; Henry Lassen.
wichita; John Seaton. Atchison;
Harry Darby, Kansas City; ]. D. Bow
ersock, Lawrence; H j. Helmers.
Leavenworth; H y. Strait, Kansas
City; A. w Shu1this, Independence; J.
I
Transportation-F c. Fox. Topeka,
chairman; Charles S. G1eed. Topeka;
Paul Walker. Topeka; r. W. Blair, To-
peka; A De Bernardo, Atchison-
Sub Committees of Committee on Ag-
ricuIturaI Resources
Field Crops-D. J. Fair, Sterling.
chairman; W. A Lewis, Hays; L E
Call. Manhattan; Charles w Weeks.
Hays; B. Needham- Lane; ]. NJ Gill
man. Leavenworth-
Potato and Truck Crops-Edwin
Taylor. Edwardsville. chairman; Scott
peka; E B. Mathews, Hays Fred Mer-
riII. Manhattan
Seeds. E Call, Manhattan,
chairman; Barteldes Seed company,
Lawrence; Ross Brothers Seed House,
Wichita: Hayes Seed House, Topeka
/ Seed House, Kansas City, Mo: G. E
Thompson, Manhattan; Harry TIMBER
| ger, Manhattan
Livestock-Gov. W. R. Stubs. Law
renee, chairman; W. A Cochel, Man
haitian; w J. 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, Manhattani J. F
/ Cochrane, Kansas City, kan; C. G.
Dafrying E Reed. Manhattan,
I chairman: w r Stubs, Lawrence;
william Newlin, Hutchinson; E E.
Potter. Sterling; Lewis Grouse, Hays;
A S. 4Neale. Manhattan
( F'ruit-O. F. Whitney, Topeka
chairman; A Dickens, Manhattan
Geo O. Greene, Manhattan; George H
/ Groh. Wathena; Geo W HoIsinger
ROsedaIe; E G. Hoover, Wichita; E.
E Yaggy, Hutchingson-
Insects-Geo. Dean, Manhattan,
4 chairman; s J Hunter, lawrence 40.
F. Whitney, Topeka: J. H Merrill.
Manhattan; o. E Kelley, Wellington
DR. Miligan, Wichita; T. H Parks,
I Manhattan
/ Labor. Horse and Machine Power
J. c MohIer, Topeka hartman. P ]
/ Mcbride, Topeka g H Banner, To-
peka. A A Potter, Manhattan; w E.
I Grimes. Manhattan; willard Crane,
Hays; o. E Wright, Topeka
/ Poultry-George Bueoy, Cedarvale:
/ ROSS NJ Sherwood Manhattan C. d