The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
Kansas Official Council Meets
Here November IL, is, 10.
1t Now Includes Eight Groups
of Officers.
SOME INTERESTING PROGRAMS
All Meetings Will Be Held in
State Capitol.
Plenty of Entertainment Fur
nished Between Sessions.

One VI lne DlS conventions that
comes to Topeka is that of the Kansas
Official council, which has developed
from a "3-in-one" until now eight as
sociations of county officers are fed
Grated under the above title. Novem-
Der II, IS and 10 the county clerks,
county commissioners county treas
urers, registers of deeds, probate
judges. clerks of the district courts,
county engineers and sheriffs of Kan
sas will hold forth in annual conven-
ton at the state house. The sheriffs
are the last to affiliate with the coun-
ell, but as they are bringing with them
the Kansas State Peace Officers asso-
citation, this in itself will constitute
large gathering. Identified with the
latter association are the chiefs of po-
lice. railroad special agents, fire mar
shals, detectives and others connected
with the crime prevention branches OF
government
Interesting Program.
Interesting programs are being pre-
pared by the various associations for
their separate meetings, and the local
committee is planning to furnish
enough entertainment between bust
ness sessions that none will go away
feeling that they were not properly
looked after.
Bv the courtesy of the state officers,
all the meetings will be held in the
state capitol, with the exception of the
peace officers. The October number
of hte Kansas Official. the official or
gan of the several associations, gives
the following schedule of meeting
places: Kansas County Clerks assoc
citation, senate chamber; Kansas Assoc
citation of County Commissioners.
house of representatives; Registers OF
Deeds Association of Kansas, office
secretary of state; Kansas Dlstrlct
Clerks association, supreme court
room; Kansas County Treasurers asso-
citation. state treasurer's office; Kansas
ProbateAJudges' association, industrial
court hearing. room; Kansas County
Engineers association. with county
commissioners: Kansas state Peace
officers association, Chamber OF Com
merce. ,-.
At the beginning of the\conventlon
Wednesday morning, all VisAors VIII
,.a,,ister al the Chamber of Commerce.
where. until time for the opening ses-
sion of the council at the auditorium al
2 n. m. informal reception will be held,
quarters assigned and badges distrlo-
uted. 1t is probable that out of the
actual mem bership of LOO there VIII
be present so per cent, at least, which'
with the deputies and ladies OF the
members, will bring the attendance up
to 700.
The Kansas Official council has be-
come. a strong factor for good in
county government in Kansas The
earnestness with which the various as
sociations tackle and solve difficult
problems confronting them in their
daily routine. auEHrs well for the ulu-
mate perfection and systematizing of
county records and procedure. Each
assoc alton, in it's individual sessions.
nd a
of them will be of such vital general
interest that other bodies will be in
vited to join in the discussion. Promi-
nent speakers will be invited to adj
dress the bodies, and at the Chamber
of Comm cree Wednesday evening, To-
peka will informally do the honors as
hosts at buffet luncheon and recep-
ton. On Thursday evening another
program of entertainment by the local
committee Will be provided all associa-
ton members and guests at Represen-
tative hall.
Z Officers of Council.
/. The officers of the council are Clar-
ence Aten, Dodge City president of the
Kansas Association of County Commits
sioners, president. and Judge Walter A.
Jones, Empora a, secretary-treasurer of
the Kansas Probate Judges associa-
ton. secretary. The executive COM
mittee is composed of the president
and secretary of the various associa-
lions. as follows: John Doane, .OsS
borne, and Effie NJ. Brown. Seneca, for
the county clerks; Lewis Baker, Atch-
ison, and Edna Zimmerman. Smith
Center. for the registers of deeds; Mrs.
Mary E. Chaplin, Topeka, and Mrs.
Bertha Kempton. Goodland, for the
district clerks; John NJ. Price Atch-
ison, and Miss Margaret Law. McPher-
son. for the county treasurers; Ralph
II. Cav. Topeka, and Walter A. Jones,
Empor.a. for the probate judges; Char
cnce Aten. Dodge City. and Guy Call.
Mound City, for the county commits
sioners; Blair Boyle, Fort Scott. and f.
| l.. Bell, Clay Center. for the county en-
gineers; w. T. Clark, Hutchinson. and
John Madden, Dodge City. for the
Kansas peace Officers