The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-24
STOP 1T SAYS ANDERSON.
Doesn't Want Chicken and Horse
Shows at Auditorium.

Secretary II. ]. Anderson win shortly
call meeting of number of members
of the Commercial club for the purpose.
of having a public protest framed
against the use of the Auditorium this
winter for the State Chicken Show, for
circuses, for events like. Gleason, the
Horse Tanner and similar entertain
ments.
'.I think the time has GOMEZ he said
this morning, ito publicly protest
such events Now that we have the
finest organ in the country and the
finest audience ROOM, it ought to be
kept in good shape and this cannot be
done if such entertainments are allow
ed to be given in the building. / think
that we ought to have little meeting
and appoint committee to call upon.
the members of the council and ask
them to abolish the practice. Col. j. w.
F. Hughes has already put in his claim
for the building for the chicken show
next winter and the year following we
will have the same thing when we want
the Auditorium for the Inauguration.
We will remember that the installation
of Governor Hoch had to be held at the
state house and not the Auditorium,
because the chickens We're housed there
at that time Mr.. Hughes says that
the time is fixed by law. 1t is true that
the time of the meeting of the board is
fixed by law, but the location of the
show so far as the Auditorium is con-
cerned. is in the hands of the city
council This show ought to be held
in some barn or at the fair grounds.
| It is not worth a hundred dollars a
year so far as bringing outside people
is concerned.
why the Midwinter, ;" continued Sec
rotary Anderson, brings % people to
the one that the chicken show brings
from outside of Topeka. The Midwinter
is all right, for there are no animals in
it, We will simply have to work on
the council to get this through. l have
already spoken to two members of that
| body and they are favorable. We have
to take care of that organ. that is the
main reason for this protest It's con-
struction is delicate. An organ like
| that if kept in barn would be
ruined in a little while. Suppose that it
gets out of gear and we ask the makers
| to repair it, they will just simply refuse
to do so If they know that It is being
kept in the same room with chicken
shows and horse exhibitions. 1t has TO
be stopped. / shall call a meeting of
| interested persons and we shall go after
the council to refuse the building to the
| chicken show people
Secretary Anderson of the Commercial
club is getting up a business directory
cards to every wholesaler and rlanufae-
turer in the city, asking them to send to
him one of their letter heads, and II
that does not contain a concise state
ment of their business, for them to
append in writing whatever else may
be necessary.
Il want to fix this up said the major
| ito print in every newspaper in the
| city during fair week. Then, too, want
! to get up a permanent directory of the
city like that, have it printed and dis
| tributed Wichita does that and it is
a good investment. 1t won't take much
money and then 1 think that those
whose business is in that way placed in
the directory will be glad to bear what
little expense is entailed."
| The first regular ihsdfgatfng, of the Com
merciaI club was to have been held on
September g. But Secretary Anderson
viii be in Colorado on that date. The
next week is fair week, so the meeting
will in all probability be postponed until
September o. While no very large mat
| tiers are up for consideration. still there
| is good deal of routine business on
| hand for disposition.