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temporary chairman and G. A. Laude temporary 

 secretary, effected an organization by the elec- 

 tion of the following-named officers : President, 

 Park E. Salter, Wichita ; Secretary-treasurer, G. 

 A. Laude, Humboldt; Executive Committee, 

 Park E. Salter, Chairman; John R. Tomson, 

 Dover; W. A. Cochel, Manhattan; H. M. Hill, 

 Laf ontaine and Fremont Leidy, Leon. 



Unlike the first association, the new organiza- 

 tion went to work and at this initial meeting two 

 hours were taken up in making arrangements 

 for the publication of this history. The work 

 proper was left with the secretary under the 

 direction of the executive committee. It was de- 

 cided to meet at the Agricultural College on Com- 

 mencement day, after w T hich the meeting ad- 

 journed. The meeting at Manhattan was held 

 June 5, 1919 and it was here that the low price of 

 two dollars for membership fee was fixed. 

 Thirty members were enrolled putting the first 

 cash, $60, into the treasury. The matter of hold- 

 ing an association sale was discussed and it was 

 decided that about fifty high-class cattle be sold 

 at the college some time in May or June 1920 

 under the management of Dr. C. W. McCamp- 

 bell, head of the Department of Animal Hus- 

 bandry. Mr. F. S. Kirk, manager of the Kansas 

 National Show, offered a silver loving cup to the 

 county having the largest number of paid mem- 

 bers reported by evening of Shorthorn day at the 



