The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11
President Holiday Inaugurates
Era of Expansion.
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS.
Tells How Organization Can
Help the City.
Importance of Natural Gas and
Interurban Railways.

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on Friday night was the admission of
54 new members, the largest number
taken in at any time since the forma-
ton of the organization.
The near est approach to this figure
was three years ago, when s6 were ia
ken in at one meeting about March 1.
A special canvass was made at that
time to increase the membership and it
was successful.
The large number taken in last night
is almost directly due to the efforts Of
President c. K. Holiday. When he ac-
cepted the presidency, just a month ago
today he said that he would bring in
one hundred new members during the
year. 1t looks as if he will either have
short working hours or will bring in
several hundred members If he main
tains the pace he has set.
The new members are as follows:
Eugene Hagan, lawyer
A. T. Williams, lawyer
Western Baseball association, Sheard
& Logan
]. F. McManus. gas expert.
John E. Lord, Mutual Life Insurance
company.
G. H. Bowman. Topeka Desiccating
company.
Geo Burghart, tobacco and cigars.
J. c. Waters, lawyer.
A D. Stump, meats.
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J. ]. Kinney. secretary Coughlin
Hardware company.
Judge c. F. Foote. broker.
George Wagner, editor Kansas DEM
ocrat.
A. D Bauer, printer.
A. B. MuIlin, meats.
J. P. Colville, photographer
William Rlinge, merchant tailor, 1O8
West Fifth street.
A. P Tone Wilson, Jr., real estate
and lawyer, 413 Kansas avenue.
Durell & Cummings, Oxford hotel
Peter Heinz, capitalist.
= Herman Kiauer. tobacco and cigars.
John Baumgartner, merchant tailor.
A. Newman, county clerk.
T. L. Barnes, steward Of the Elk club.
Edward l.. O'Netlfs bookkeeper.
w. J. Black general agent A. 7. & s.
F. railway.
Byron D Van ostrand, general agent
Prudential Insurance company
A. G. Goodwin, automobiles.
Vim. L. Quail, stoclxman.
G. H. Morrison. jeweler.
n. E. Kellar. contractor and builder
116 West Seventh street.
Auto-Fedan Hay Press company, E.
P. Ross. president.
John Maxwell, contractor. S19 East
Sixth street.
c. L McCaslin, contractor, 1919 Clay
M. c. Plank. contractor. 1870 West
VIM Minigan. loan agent, COL Kansas
L D. Mize. barber. 111s Van Buren,
street.
VIM. Sells, Sells & Forepaugh circus.
w E King, assistant city engineer.
Hanley & Ritchie, contractors.
NJ. d. Henderson, real estate.
w J. Arnold, architect.
w L. Davis, Parkhurst-Davis Mer-
q. A. Emerson, manager Postal Tele-
graph Co.
clinton J. Evans. attorney.
z. T. Elliott, manager Grand Union
Tea company
G. E. Hubbard. hardware and seeds.
w. F. Lake, drugs.
w. E. Sterne, county commissioner
DR.. A. c. Campbell. s2S Kansas ave
Clarence F. Young. drugs, sol Kansaa
avenue.
r. D. Blaine, real estate loans and
collections. 525 Kansas avenue.
The Zanditon company, S15 Kansas
avenue.
The zercher Book and Stationery Co.
President c. K. Holiday recounted in
an address, pertinent with accompany
ing suggestions, the improvements now
being made in the city. 1t follows in
full:
with nothing but a high sky as
natural resource, and nothing but the
energy, grit and nerve of her citizens
to rely upOn-to push her to the front
in these strenuous days-it behooves
every we'll wisher Of Topeka to get in
line put his shoulder to the wheel and
do what he can for his city.
''The Commercial club is the only
agency through which concerted action
can be had. Hence, every business man,
every professional man, and every
young man with ambitions, every true
friend of Topeka should be a member
of this club. No business man and no
man can afford to stand
aloof, for in looking after the cifysl
welfare he is attending strictly to his
own business. The busiest men IL To-
peka's commercial world are the hard
est workers of the Topeka Commercial
club. Every member of the club has
been assigned to committee work. ex-
cept the gentlemen VIII are on the list
for election tonight and we will soon
find work for them to do hence every
will be in close touch with the
promptly all meetings called by the
chairman of your committee and also
that you attend the regular meetings OF
the club. The committees and club need
your actual presence and your coun-
sell
Our infant Industries that we start
in Topeka should be so hedged about,
guarded and protected, that they win
not find it profitable to toddle Off to
Kansas City as soon as they grow big
enough to wear pants. If all this has
the transportation and manufacturers
committees to suggest effective RENE
dies. I recommend to the manufactur-
srs' and transportation committees that
they take up systematically the status
Of every factory il Topeka to the end
that a strong effective manufactures
bureau within this organization. be Gre