The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-16
THEY ARE AT HOME.
Oklahoma Pilgrims Return From
Their Trip Happy.

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The delegates of the Topeka lodge
/ of Commercial Travellers and Mar
shan's band have returned from the
| convention at Oklahoma City The
+ big parade Saturday was led by Mar
/ shali's band, which in turn was led by
Drum Major PenweH and Assistant
Drum Major Tom L. King.
The following extracts from Okla
homa City papers are of interest to
Topeka Commercial Travellers:
The procession was led by Chief OF
Police limerick and a squad of twelve
mounted uniformed police. Immedi-
ately following came Topeka council
No AZ, preceded by Marshall's peer
less military band of ffty-two pieces.
The Topeka travellers numbered
ia, wore black suits and white duck
caps, carrying palm leaf fans.
A number Of the fellows from To-
peka kidnapped a few members of the
Topeka band and organized a "leetle
German band" and serenaded the
newspaper Offices The aw-breakers
were Jas. Lacey. of the Hall Litho-
graphing company; Harry J. Wingart,
of the Topeka Weekly Mail; Ed #
Grote, of Parkhurst-Davfs company,
and Harry J. Nichols.
The Marshall band of Topeka.
Kas., serenaded the Times-Journal
this morning. This band is composed
of sixty musicians, and is one of the
finest in the United States. ]. B.
Marshall is the leader.
Marshan's superb military band of
fifty-four pieces, from Topeka, and
state of Kansas, favored the Daily
Oklahoman with a much appreciated
scramble
T I. King, of Topeka. passenger
and ticket agent of the Santa Fe, is
here with the Topeka delegation and
declares Oklahoma City is the best
town outside of Kansas and Topeka.
The annual election of officers re-
suited as follows:
Past grand councillor, VIM. L. Stall
Grand councillor. W. D. Mawry,
lCherryvaIe, Kas.
Grand past councillor, G. G. Hamil-
ton, Pittsburg, Kas.
Grand Junior councillor, F. B. Cat
chell, Topeka, KaS.
Grand secretary, P. G. wakenhut,
Salina, Kas.
Grand treasurer. L. c. Noise. EN-
-! Grand conductor. w. H Cook,
Wichita. Kas.
Grand page, w ". cleland. Law
Grand sentinel, George G. Irvan,
Hutchinson, KaS.
Topeka, Hutchinson, Salina and In
dependence were bidders for the next
/
next meeting was finally awarded to
Independence, Kas.
:; G. Heyman who responded to the
ADDRESS of welcome by the mavor of
Oklahoma Cityis an ex-traveling man
and said in part:
How I would like to make the trip
over again! -
There is dear old Lawrence, my old
nome-an intellectual viIlage-it is the
Athens of Kansas. Everybody studies
/ there-there is nothing else doing
Then there is Topeka very lively
/ city; twice a month Santa Fe pay day.
1t IS the home of that great Marshall S
oand. John Marshall will probably tell
you that we are not so MANY: that
they haven't got a Turner. garden; we
dont need one nere-we have IS other
thirst deStroyers and two breWeries
Then over to Atchison, the terminus
of the greatest road on earth; in my
4 days 1t Travelled on earth more than on
/ the rails; a puff of wind and an inch
/ OF snow would blockade it. Oh yes
/ the Central branch was thing of
/ beauty and joy forever. Atchison is
| the place where the tenderfoot pays
a half to ride a block-the depot to the
/ Byram.
Then to Emporia-another inteIlec-
tual burg-where they are very stu
/ ious- They had two hotels there. One
was the Whitley house the other was
owned by Whitley. That town was
noted for its lunch counter close to the
depot that did a large tea business
the kind that made Milwaukee ia
nous.
"Then to Coneordia and the Barnes
house. 'Auch du lieber aug ustin'-
there is a town that made many an
expert bookkeeper; he had to be, to
! fix up his expense account and hold
his job. Does Matt Townsend still
dwell in Concordia and doth he waxeth
fat on We suckers as in the good old
summer time?
"Then to Salina for Sunday at the
old Whitman house. Nobody ever ac-
cused me of being in the lumber bust
ness or of running a saw mill, but
I have bought more chips in Salina
than there is in any lumber yard or
saw mill in this vicinity.
"Then to Newton That is where my
| troubles date from-that is where I
got mine-my wife. mean.
Then to Hutchinson an awful
/ thirsty town. You get athirst the min
ute you land there-so much salt in the
air But there is one good thing about
their Santa Fe hotel-our granger
friend gets no rebate there-he has to
pay the same price as the drummer.
"And now to Wichita. OH such
! a headachei I bought property there
during boom time. I quit travelling:
I hit the pipe; was almost a million
aire; the pipe went out; huff ced-I
went back to work
Il have been in Independence. too;
they had a druggist there who could
not tell the difference between a cas-
caret and a seidlitz powder. You had
to sign a death warrant to get you