The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
FOR BETTER CITY.
Watchword at Commercial Club Meet
ing Friday Evening.

/ Civic Improvement is the watchword
which is to be adopted at the meeting
Of the Commercial club Friday evening,
and civic Improvement it is to be il
President Holiday and Secretary An7er-
son have their way about the matter
The Commercial club have made ar
rangements with tepres, ntative of the
/ National Cash Reg.ster company To OBJ
tain date in the latter part of this
+ month. probably on the 23rd, for a lee
ture on Civic Improvements. These lee
lures while they are in q way an ad-
vertisement for the company which is
promoting them cannot help but be Of
great benefit to the town in which they
are delivered.
There will be a meeting of the Com
mercial club tomorrow evening which is
the first meeting that the cllD mas heid
since Topeka was selected as the lcca-
by the delegates from ever the state.
An earnest request is made to every
member of the club that they be present
at this meeting and suggest some idea
for beautifying the city.
1t is proposed that the bylaws of the
Commercial club be so amended that a
committee may be appointed whose duty
it will be to devote their attention to
/ the beautifying of the city.
we want the best OF the brains of
ing" said C. K. Holiday. president of
the Commercial club, "and we want
/ them to come prepared to suggest some
new idea for beautifying our city. There
is no reason if the proper effort is put
forth that Topeka should not be known
as one of the most beautiful cities in
this country. The location of TIE city
is admirable; we have the wide streets
lined with beautiful trees and lawns
that are as fine as any to be found in
the world. Kansas is the natural home
of blue grass and all that is necessary
to have beautiful lawns and dooryards
is attention. and it does not require
much OF that"
Major Anderson is very much in favor
of amending the bylaws of the Com
merciaI club so that a coMmittae on
civic improvement may be appointed
and get to work as soon as spring opens
so that outdoor work can be COM
menced. Referring to the promoters of
the lecture which it is proposed to give
at the auditorium free of charge he
said: mot great many years ago,
not so long ago but that j remen1 Der
( the incident distinctly, two country
/ boys drifted off of their fathers farm
and into the city of Dayton, Ohio, with
the plans OF cash register in their
brains. They started its manufacture
in a modest way and were soon wealthy.
But that is another story. After they
became wealthy they began casting
about for ways in which to beautify
their homes. Acres of lawns inter-
spersed with hundreds of beds of flow
ers and traversed with flower lined
walks were the reward of their efforts
and it was but a short time until their
I homes were the pride not only of their
owners. but of the city as WE'LL
The idea took root in the minds of
the citizens of the town and today Day
ton is spoken of as one of the most
beautiful cities in the country The
Of this month explains the entire sit
uation from the time that the civic
pride microbe began working in the
( breasts of the citizens of Dayton to the
present day and the process of evolu-
ton is explained by means Of eolored
views thrown on canvas.