The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-15
ENDS FOR SUMMER.
Commercial Club viii Now Take a
Vacation.

| yesterdays temperature had its eff
Iect on the attendance a the evening
meeting of the Commercial club which
| IS the last of the season, and there was
/ but handful OF members present
when the adjournment was taken until
the nexl meeting which will be held
TIE first week in September. An eft
fort will be made to secure the inter
national meeting of the Christian
churches for Topeka. If successful,
| 1t will mean a convention of several
| the globe
This matter was brought to the at
tention of the Commercial club by
! Rev. c. A: Finch. representing the
churches OF the city who are anxious
that the convention for next year
should be landed in Topeka. All that
Rev. Mr. Finch asked was that The
Commercial club furnish badges for
| the delegates to the meeting at Nor
folk this year so that they might ad-
Nertise the fact that Topeka wants the
convention. The question was re-
ferred to tie committee on entertain
Inent.
The Commercial club in conjunction
with the Topeka Automobile club have
decided to offer purses amounting to
$50 for the purpose Of encouraging the
rse OF the King road drag on ungraded
city streets and country roads, This
inoI ey will be paid by the two organ
tzations at the June meeting of the
Commercial club next year and in the
rules made governing the contest. Sim
liar contests have been made in vari-
Gus parts of the state under the aus
pices Of various commercial clubs and
have been the means of lettering the
conditions of the country roads in the
districts i'll which the prizes were Of
fered.
w. L. Taylor of the Topeka-South-
western railroad, upon which the pre-
limtnary construction work will COM
mence within the next thirty days,
made his first report to the CONNER
cial club covering in detail the work
that has been done as well as the ex-
penseS incurred. The report indicates
that the preliminary work has cost
about $4,000; of this amount Topeka's
share amounted to $500 and all of it
has been subscribed and paid with the
exception of about $50.
Frank H. Foster appeared in behalf
of the chautauqua assembly and
asked that the Commercial club as
sist in assuring the success of the first
meeting which will be held at Gar
field Park next month by asking the
merchants of the city to purchase adj
vance tickes. The bureau which is
furnishing speakers for the occasion
have insisted that at least $50 season
tickets at 81 each be sold before the
opening day as a guarantee in case of
bad weather.
1t is estimated that the total cost of
the meeting will be something like So
500 for the ten days meeting and this
is to be met by an admission charge
of rs cents at the gate or a season
ticket good for the entire session will
cost 81. At the rate the season tick
cts are sold it will make the price of
the average programme about three
and one-half cents.
H. A. Heath stated that the d.
rectors of the Kansas Exposition COM
pany had recently decided to hold a
race meeting in September and stated
that If $4,000 could be raised among
the business men of the city that a
fair feature would be added. He also
stated that the executive committee
of the exposition company had already
raised $1,000 of the amount required
and asked the Commercial club to
urge upon the business men of the
city the Importance of holding a bet |
ter fair than ever before with view |
of strengthening the city's chance of |
securing a state appropriation at the |
next meeting of the legislature.