The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-14

time lease On 1arge tract of land
suitable for Factory sites SO that we
could say to those seeking locations /:
some money but 1 believe that in the
| long run 1t would be a paying invest
ment for the city and this club.
What has become of the agitation
for semi-centennial exposition" ask
| ed Councilman c. H. Kutz, ''I had
hoped that this matter would be kept
before the public in such a way that
the sentiment over the state would
change SO that we could get the desir-
of the LEGISLATURE We ought to have
the expositfonfin 1911 and believe
that matters can be SO arranged that
1t can yet be held" 50
Council Grove Mayor Talks.
w. H. Shamleffer, who for the past
fourteen years has been mayor of
Council Grove in spite OF the fact that
he is Democrat and the city Repub-
ident Holiday and said: II want to
congratulate Topeka and especially
this club on the steps which have been
taken to connect Topeka and Council
Grove by direct line. our people Of
ten want to come to Topeka partly be-
cause it is the state capital and then
again because it is a nice place In
which to visit.
This line will be of great benefit to
our little city but of vastly greater
will be built is an assured fact in my
mind. There have been number or
obstacles to overcome but this IS al
ways the case where lines are pro-
NOTED by local people. Mr.. Taylor de-
serves great credit for the work that
he has done and his efforts am sure
will be crowned with success IL we
people who are vitality interested do
our part; and we will do that.
Il have been Interested in promot-
ing a number of short lines of rail-
road and am not discouraged with the
obstacles which have been encoun-
tered though most of them have been
surmounted. hope to live to see the
time when this line of road will be a
part of a great continental cleo
trio line. This railroad will be pay
ing proposition from the beginning,
though most short lines are not. 1t
passes through an old and thickly set
tied part of the country and one which
should have had a line OF this kind
years ago.
I'VE have encountered many obsta-
cles placed in the way by short sighted
people and it has been necessary 20
change our route through Mission
township on account of the exhorbt-
tant prices asked for the right of way.
The route which the road will travel is
in all probabilities better than the
through section of the country
which appreciates the efforts made to
upbuild it. The construction work |
will commence in short time and be
pushed until the line is completed at
the earliest possible moment
Long List of New Members.
Sixteen new members were |
added to the membership of the club |
at last nights meeting. Those ad- |
mitted to membership We're: Bum |
gardner & Bell, undertakers; John E. |
Squire, scenic artist; Jackson-Walker |
p Ia faI n ENror nj TIJfnc
pher; Ewing & Stone, gen. |
eral store, groceries; The Emah izer & |
Spielman Furniture Co., H. M. Ives
& Sons, printers; Star Lumber Co, |
Co.. J. NJ. Shella barger & Son, under
takers; d. o. Coe, COAL feed and |
seeds; T. A. McNeal, editor Mail and !
Breeze; Berkson Bros, cloaks and |
suits; Stonestreet & Hamilton, under
takers; T. AINelson, contractor; J. c. |
Office Supply Co.
A IlumberJof communications were |
received from various cities asking
that delegates be named to attend
which will meet with IN
their limits during the next few
Delegates In most instances
will be appointed at some future date
by the president and secretary of the
club. President Holiday
the appointment of L. NJ.
J. w. Goings and A. E. Jones
as representatives of the Commercially
club at the International Convention
Of Christian Churches which will
meet at Norfolk. Va, from the 18th
10 the 18th of October.
William McFerran, j. w. Thurs
,on, P. 1. Bonebreak, F. P. MacLen-
hen, Elon S. Clark, w. E. Davis and T.
4. McNeal were named as a COM
nittee to assist J. E. Leader in placing
he Dolcette, a Topeka invention on
he market. The Dolcette is a must
,al instrument and resent 1es a COM
oination of the harp and piano and it's
claims that it possesses the
good qualities of each of these instru-
nents.