190 A HISTORY OF SHORTHORNS IN KANSAS 



THE LAUDE PRINTING COMPANY 



The Laude Printing Company of Tola is a concern which 

 is directly interested in the pure bred live stock industry 

 of this state. Martin L. Laude, who manages the busi- 

 ness, was graduated from the Kansas State Agricul- 

 tural College in 1911. While in school there he took work 

 in the printing department and also had some special work 

 under Dr. C. W. McCampbell covering live stock pedigrees. 

 Early in 1915, associated with his father, G. A. Laude, he 

 purchased a newspaper in Lyons, Kansas, and while pub- 

 lishing this paper began printing live stock sale catalogs. 

 This branch of the business grew until they were unable to 

 handle it properly in connection with the newspaper, so in 

 1918 he sold the newspaper and moving to lola established 

 an exclusive live stock printing house. 



The business has grown rapidly since that time and is 

 now serving a territory covering Kansas and the surround- 

 ing states. The main idea at all times has been to give 

 prompt service and accurate work. Nothing has been 

 spared to make it possible to meet the demands that the 

 business required and the live stock men of this section 

 have at their command one of the best equipped printing 

 plants in the state. The service offered by this concern in- 

 cludes not only printing but also compiling pedigrees and 

 furnishing data and information that may add to the value 

 of sale catalogs, private herd catalogs, and other work 

 handled. The number of customers who depend on the 

 Laude Printing Company for their work indicates the 

 general satisfaction the service is giving. 



