The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-24
City Must Wave Welcome to
Semicentennial Delegates.
Every Store Front Is to Blaze
With Bunting.
COMMITTEE IS BUSY.
Canvass the City to Arouse In
terest in Decoration.
Nay Have an Automobile Bril-
gade Meet Delegates.

On Thursday morning a special Com
mercial club committee will canvass the
business houses of the city to decorate
for the SemicentenniaI convention next
Monday.
Charles H. Thrapp is chairman of the
committee and the members are T. Z.
Sheard. I. NJ. Blitz, W. z. Drechsel and
J. S. Warner. At O'Clock tomorrow
morning they will start on their rounds.
Every business man in the city win be
visited.
It is their plan to have every store
front in the city a blaze of bunting and
flags. The committee viii furnish for
use a uniform welcome streamer in red.
white and blue, the national colors-
Cards containing these words, Welcome
-Semicentennia1 Delegates" win be
placed in every window on Kansas ave-
nue..
The committee has been selected -
It's working qualities. will get every
one to participate in the decorations.
Kansas avenue should be a river Of
welcoming col0rs on Monday, the day Of
the big convention It is your duty to
join in and do your part.
A plan is now on foot to make an
automobile brigade and meet all of the
incoming delegates and bring them up
town in the gasoline engines This
scheme is entirely feasible and was
ton will likely be made by tomorrow
morning. Everyone in the city who has
an automobile should report to Secre-
tary Anderson.
The railroads have announced a rate
of one fare plus so cents during the
two days of the convention This is
good all over the state.
The following appointments of dele
gates came in on Monday and today.
W. A. Huff, delegate; S. H Knapp,
alternate. Clyde, Kas.
/ J. w. Pine, delegate; Henry Becker.
alternate, NIeriden, Kas.
DR.. E. D. York, Rawlins county; II.
1 ". Robertson, Atwood Kas.
Phil Clark, delegate; Henry H
Kern, alternate, Bonner Springs.
J. P Sellards, delegate: z. z.
Butcher, alternate, Solomon, Kas-
j. A. Young j. E. Brewster dele
gates, Abilene, Kas-
c. NJ. Breeze. delegate. Manhattan,
Edgar Roberts, delegate. Garden
City, Kas.
c. ". Marsten. Anderson Phala.
delegates; Joseph L. Landry. Jos Att
/ ringer, alternates, Argentine, Kas.
L. T. Hussey, delegate; J. II.
/ Stavely. alternate, Lyndon, Kas-
A. Henly, ". R Stubbs, Fletcher
Phillips. delegates, Lawrence, Kas-
z. A. Fisher. delegate; OthO Strahf.
Jos Freshman, delegate, Harvey
vile, Kas.
H. S. Rogers. delegate, Larned, Kas.
DR.. a. K. Kitchens. delegate; Y. D.
| Vawter, alternate. Burlington, Kas.
c. z. ingalls,. Washington
w. E. Payton, Burns.
J. NJ. Ready. Wellington.
Alex Williams, Belle Plairie.
J. J. Booth, Conway Springs.
D. B. Miller. Oxford
E. NJ. DongaL Drury.
John Jeffries. South Haven.
c. NJ. Beeson, G. NJ. Hoover, E. 81.
SIOcun, Dodge City.
A. J. Olson. Greensburg.
w. B. Stone. w. L. Harper, Gaiena
D. B. Johnson. Olathe.
W. r. Bigham. White City
A. M. Storey, E. A. Wharton. J. @.
/ Perry, Geo. T. Fielding, S. A Sargent,
S. w. McGarrah, c. A Kim ball. Man
! haitian.
Harry NJ Holloway, Larned.
J. Fl. Schineck, Dighton
NJ S. Babcock. Nortonviile.
E. J. Bookwalter, Halstead.