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Show ol Alt ntffo I TAH MM Willard Hansen, Well-Known Well-Known Food Man, Gets Honorary Office. Seattle, July 12. The association of American Food and Drug officials practically concluded the business of Its convention last night with the election of officers and the selection of Mobile, Ala,, for Its next meeting placo. The new president, Llewellyn DavloB, of Seattle will have as his associates: Secretary Wm. Allen, North Carolina. Caro-lina. Treasurer W. F. Potter, Connecticut. Connecti-cut. First vice presidentWillard Hansen, Utah. Second vaco president W. B. Barney. Bar-ney. Iowa, Third vice president Nels P. Hansen, Han-sen, South 'Dakota. Theenctorsement of Dr. Harvey V. Wiley, lato"ch!ef chemist of the department de-partment of agriculture, which the convention refused to adopt follows: Recognizing In Dr. Harvey W. WI- ley, the nestor of pure food activity in America and the leader In charge of the National Food and Drug act, this convention expresses to Dr. Wiley its warm appreciation of his unswerving devotion to the consumers welfare and the value of his constructive work In many branches of agriculture and chemistry. Having finished In one day almost al the work allotted for Thursday and today, the delegates to the convention conven-tion of the Assoclatlo nof American Food and Drug officials boarded the sound steamer Sioux this morning and made tho trip through tho Placet sound Islands as the guests of salmon canning Interests of the sound and Alaska. Tho few remaining addresses ad-dresses and scraps of unfinished routine rou-tine business of the sixteenth annual cession were disposed of during the Lrip. The convention voted to wage a war on Impure and adulterated cream nnd passed a resolution demanding legislation to compel a physical examination ex-amination of all persons handling or preparing foodstuffs for public consumption. |