The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-25
OFFICERS FOR
FALL FESTIVAL
Were Elected by Chamber of
Commerce Yesterday.
|. F. NAFTZGER PRESIDENT
Commercial Club VIII Accept
Officers Chosen.
|. F. NAFTZGER PRESIDENT

The Fan Carnival committee Of the
Chamber Of Commerce has elected L. 5.
Naftzger. president Of the Fourth Ma
donaI bank. president Of the association.
Fishery Martin, vice-president Hiram
Norcross of the American State bank.
second vice-president and A. c. Jobes. Of
the National Bank of Commerce. tress-
urer Next Monday afternoon at o'clock
the Carnival committee OF the CONNER
ciaI Club viii meet and as these gentle
men are satisfactory to them. they viii
elect them as the officers Of the Fall Car
nival association.
This is the first definite step taken to
have carnival in Wichita this fall For
several weeks the members Of the Carni-
Val committee OF the Chamber of Com
merce have worked among the mer-
chants OF the city TO see what ideas they
had TO offer and TO see If the business
men Of Wichita really wanted fall fes-
tjvaI. They found the merchants all de-
string TO have some kind of a festival
and all were willing to support it if the
committee could select some man who
would take hold Of the project and push
it. For the past two or three days some
OF the members of the Chamber Of Com
merce committee have been trying to find
some man who has the confidence of the
merchants and other citizens to select as
president of the association. They finally
decided on Mr.. Naftzger. He agreed to
accept the place II they would take some
assist him. This the committee decided
70 do and they Immediately went to the
chief banks and conferred with the pres
idents and cashiers. and as q result four
men, who have the highest respect and
confidence of the citizens of Wichita as
business men and who are perfectly com
petent TO take charge of the fall festival
were chosen. They are men who have
the interests Of Wichita at heart and they
Will do all in their power to make the oc-
casion of the fall festival one in which
the people in the surrounding territory
VIII want to pay visit to the Peerless
Princess.
Mr.. Cohn, president of the Commercial
Club is an ex-odlcio member Of the COM
mittee from the club. he has not given
out the names OF his committee and
would not until the Chamber Of Com
merce had agreed on head to the pro-
jeet and if that person was satisfactory
to the people of Wichita and the business
men. he would name his committee and
then the two committees would meet and
form a permanent organization and select
an executive committee and Immediately
plans would be laid for the fail festival
The names of the officers as selected by
the Chamber of Commerce were given to
him and he Immediately stated that his
committee would agree on them.
Next Monday afternoon in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms in the city building
the members OF the two committees viii
meet and formally elect the officers and
an executive committee will be chosen.
This committee VIII select a secretary.
The business men Of this city agree that
II c. Lockwood should be made the sec
rotary OF the fan festival lie has had
several years OF experience In this work
and is acquainted with the wants of the
people in matters Of this kind, and as he
so successfully conducted two festivals
they think he should be the man to con
duct this one.