The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-09
Topeka Takes Steps to Get
1. 0. 0. f. Meeting.
Delegate Authorized to Go to
Pittsburg.
GOING OUT OF STATE.
Board of Charities Doesn't Con.
fine Purchases to Kansas.
Resolutions Adopted Calling At
tentiOn to This Fact.

There is little doubt that if those who
are to represent the interests Of Topeka
at the coming session of the 1. o. o. F.
grand lodge of Kansas to be held in
Rtttsburg for three days of next week.
do their part, the meeting next October
will come to Topeka. AT the regular
monthly gathering of members of the
Commercial club held at the rooms
"Wednesday evening an organized effort
was begun with this purpose in view
Thomas H. Balm, representing the local
Odd Fellows lodges, appeared before
the body and asked the financial as
distance of the organization in raising
the necessary money for entertaining
the delegates and visitors.
Mr.. Balm pointed out that in the past
the lodges of this city had furnished
much of the money for the entertain
ment of their visiting brethren. but that
fheyhad founditVery expensive and had
decided that the hotel and restaurant
people and business men generally who
profit by it should assist. On an aver
age there are 1900 delegates at the seat
of the grand lodge for three days and
that they spend at least three dollars
apiece each day with the business
houses At the close of Mr.. Bain's re-
marks it was decided to authorize him
as a Topeka delegate to the grand lodge
meeting next week at PittsDurg to in
wife them to come to Topeka next year
and to assure his fellow lodge men here
in this place that they would not be eX-
pected to bear all the expenses incl.
dental to such a gathering.
c. G. Blakely, who was acting as sec
tary during the absence of Major T. J.
Anderson, who is attending the national
G. A. r. encampment in Washington,
D. c., read the report of Secretary +. D.
Eoburn of the state board of agriculture
on the award of prize for the best
corn grown in Shawnee county, in a
competition to determine which should
be placed in the Kansas exhibit at the
Grand Army encampment. AS publish
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to Bradford Miller of Rossville. 1t was
ten dollars and although no others were
given. Secretary COburn indicated that
had there been others, S. J. and w. A.
Wood of Silver Lake, should have re-
ceived second and s.. J. Patton of the
same place third. The ssecretary was in
Structed to draft a resolution of thanks
to Secretary Coburn for his good offices
exercised in the contest.
There was to have been a discussion
on the founding of a sanitarium and
hygienic cafe in Topeka, but DR.. w. A.
George of Nebraska, who was to have
met the club failed to do so and the
matter is Indefinitely deferred for ac-
ton.
President Frost called attention to
some correspondence from which no re-
suit had been attained relative to the
electro plating business in Topeka, sim
ply saying that man at Fort Jennings,
Ohio, had written that he planned 10
visit Topeka for investigating the stu
alton IN this matter; but so far he has
not appeared.
lIurdock and Rollison of Fenton
Mich, are still here in the interests of a
branch factory of the F'enton bedspring
to be manufactured in Topeka, a royal
ty to be paid to the local manufacturer.
Relative to a substantial report that
the state board of charities in purchas-
ing supplies for the charitable institu-
tons had favored certain Kansas City
business houses with contracts. the fol-
lowing resolution was passed and copies
ordered presented to the governor and
TIE secretary of the board of charities:
Whereas. The records in the office os
the auditor of state show that the res
olution passed by both houses of the
legislature in 1899, regarding the pur-
chase Of suuDl;es for the state. is not
being complied with. and
Whereas. The attention of the state
board of charities has heretofore been
called to the subject and yet the --irit
of the resolution is being constantly ig-
nored, therefore,
Resolved That the secretary be in
structed to call the attention of the
governor of the state to the resolution
passed by the legislature and the ac-
ton of the state board of charities in
purchasing material and supplies out
side of the state.
The following is a copy of the resou-
ton passed by both houses of the legis-
lature:
Whereas, Large quantities of supplies