The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-31
Only Seventeen Semi Centennial
Delegates Named.
Commercial Organizations Are
Slow to Respond.
At THE WRONG TIME.
Invitations Sent Out Just Before
Holiday Vacation.
Convention Will Meet in Topeka
January 80.

So far but seventeen delegates have
been appointed to attend the conven-
ton scheduled for this city on jan
uary % for the purpose of organizing
the Semi-Centennial exposition for
1911. But eight of these are from
over the state. the other nine being
from Topeka, and appointed by Mayor
w. H. Davis.
Not enough interest is being shown
by the municipalities, county commits
sioners and commercial clubs over the
state. These appointments ought to
be made at once and the names for
warded to Secretary Anderson of the
Commercial club. This convention and
its actions are pivotal in the affairs
of the proposed big exposition.
zone of the mistakes we made said
Secretary T. J. Anderson, twas to send
these notices out right before the holi-
days. That may account for the de-
lay in appointing delegates. The hOli-
days naturally bring on a sort OF IaX1ty
in business affairs, especially in mu-
nicipal offices. There is very little go
ing on. I think that the first week in
January will bring US the names of
good many delegates. The requests
to many of the mayors and county
commissioners will doubtless be acted
upon right after New Years when the
! regular routine of business is again en-
tered into
The call for delegates asked that
each mayor in the state should appoint
one delegate, and an extra delegate for
/ each additional 5000 population. The
county commissioners Of each county
are also asked to appoint a represen-
tative.
The convention in Topeka will meet
at 10 o'clock in the morning of jan
uary %, on the evening of which the
! K ar l7Th will
banquet.
Up to date the following delegates
have been appointed:
st. Paula J. Hopkins, delegate;
Fielding Scott, alternate.
Topeka-W. L. A. Johnson, dele
gate; J. Y. Abrahams, alternate; r.
S. Brigham, delegate; c. F. Fellows,
alternate; J. D. Norton, delegate; G. h.
/ Maunsell, alternate; w. Q. GarVey,
! delegate; Burg E. ZeiS, alternate; z.
/ P. Adams, delegate; William Macfer-
ran, alternate; J. S. Warner, delegate;
E. B. H. Remley, alternate; T. W
Harrison, delegate; W. F. Weber, al
| ternate: S S OFT delegate; c. E.
gate; w. c. Stephenson, alternate.
Reading-A. A. Torrance, delegate.
CherryvaIe-H. J. Powell, delegate;
w. c. Dicus, alternate.
Clay Center-G. M. StrattOn, dele
gate; d. A. Valentine, alternate.
Ellis county=C. w. Miller, delegate.
Alma-H. c. Stfcher. delegate.
Cheney. S. Hensel, delegate; H.
| c. Baughman, alternate.
Hays City=G. P. Griffith. delegate.
The Commercial club committee on
roads and bridges will meet at the
/ Commercial club rooms on next Tues
day evening for the purpose of arrang-
ing an engagement here for D. Ward
King of Missouri the inventor of the
noted King road drag.
''To bring him here" said secretary
4 Anderson this morning, will do an
immense lot towards good road build
ing He is one of the best men in the
world to stir up enthusiasm"
On next Wednesday morning at $3.50
O'Clock a joint meeting of the enter
tafnment and advertisement commit
tees of the Commercial club will take
place in the Commercial club rooms
AT that time the comgnittees will make
a report relative to their work during
the past year and will talk over plans
for 1905. One Of the best things
which the advertising committee did
this wear was to formulate plan by
which merchants about the city were
relieved from advertising in pro-