The Topeka state journal., 1908-07-01
Vim AND PUSH.
Topeka JObbers Are Planning q
Big Week.
Will Give Customers Time of
Their Lives.
EACHONE WIDEAWAKE
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EACHONEW WIDEAWA
Marsball's Band Hired-Ban
quet on Roof Garden.
Vaudevi lie as a Side Issue for
the Visitors.

1t rained hard last evening from 6
O'Clock to 7:30, but the storm made
no difference at all with the plans of
the Topeka Jobbers and manufacturers
already made to hold another 6
o'clock dinner at which committee
reports on the progress of prepara-
tions for Country Merchants week in
Topeka July Is. 16 and II were to be
made. The roof garden on the New
National was the place decided upon,
and the attendance was as good and
the interest as marked, as though the
weather conditions had been IDEAL In
deed, the meeting last night was the
best yet held in connection with the
new plan.
Forty well known Topekans sat
down to the dinner served in the
pleasant banquet hall on the roof Of
the new hotel and after an hour at the
table turned with enthusiasm to the
business at hand. r. -
The committee reports were a feat
ure of the meeting. These committees
pHshed something. Charles Adams,
chairman Of the banquet committee,
reported that they had closed with the
New National management for a
grand spread on the night of the 10th.
This banquet will be something well
out OF the ordinary, as aside from an
elaborate bill OF fare there will be an
orchestra of ten pieces to play
throughout the meal and a complete
vaudeville performance will be given
between the courses of the banquet.
Such speakers as Gov. Hoch, Tom Nc
Neal, j. r. Koontz and w. E. Thomp-
son. will make after dinner talks and
several of the visiting merchants will
be called upon for responses.
E. G. Arnold, chairman of the Vine
wood park and street car committee,
reported that while he had not seen
Manager Kelly of the street car COM
pany, yet he had talked with Super
intendent Patten about the matter of
coupon books to- be furnished the Wis
itOrs which would entitle them to
street car rides, admission to the park
and the various concessions that hold
forth out there.g Then these coupon
books will also be good for auto rides
and a free swim In the Y. NJ. c. A.
swimming pool.-s -
Frank Crane, chairman of the COM
miftee ons music reported that they
had arranged fora pipe organ recital
at the auditeriumpand chorus singing
by the Modocs. He had also closed
with Northumberland for all day
Thursday. &sMr. Marshall complained
that he had always been called upon
to cut his prices. for a Topeka affair,
SO the committee closed with him at
his own price of 5000 for the entire
day, and will therefor feel free to
call Ion the band that day for any
thing in reason. -. r-- ,.r.r.
The reception, auto tour and badges
committees werespot yet ready to re-
port, but promised to close up their
affairs this week.
Aside from the committee reports
m RI nc nj ha
meeting was the passage of the motion
by S. E. LUX to make the organization
of the Topeka Jobbers and Manufac-
turers' association a permanent affair.
Chairman Pierce asked for more time
in which to appoint important COM
mittees on permanent organization.
1t was also decided to hold these sue
cessful s o'clock dinners every Tues
day evening up. to the date of the Mer-
chants week. ss
Talk Over Entertainment.
The details of the entertainment of
the visitors during merchants week
and the organization of this new asso-
citation were threshed out by the diff
ferent speakers after the dinner
t. A. Borman, of the Continental
creamery made a stirring talk in
which he said that he hoped that all
Topeka firms would united in sending
out programmes and invitations to
laundrymen should be invited to join
our association" said Mr.. Borman,
land all the small wholesalers and
manufacturers This merchants week
will help Topeka in many ways and ev-
cry line of business will be benefited
by the three days stay in our city of a
large number of we'll to do people from
all over the state. The Continental
Creamery company have 500 country
customers in Kansas and through our
own efforts We bring $50 of them here
every year. 1 believe that the plan now
under way is the forerunner of much
broader plan of action to entertain
country merchants here every year. I
believe that 1T will assume a degree. of
greater proportions than we figure on
at this time
c. p Adams, the founder of the pro-
ject. urged those present to confine the
membership strictly to the wholesalers
and jobbers of the city. The retailers,
he said, had their own organization,
and made a success along their own
lines. but the character of this organ
ization and of the guests it expects to
entertain, forbid the cooperation OF
any but business men Of the class he
had indicated, much as he would like
to have the aid of many of our well
known retailers.
S. E. LUX agreed with Mr.. Adams. He
said: I'VE should have no one but
wholesalers and manufacturers in this
organization. We want to show the
state at large that Topeka is the best
place to buy goods on the Kaw river.
Better than Wichita. better than St.
Joseph or Kansas City, and If We can
succeed. in getting a large number of
merchants here l. believe that we can
convince them of this fact 1 think we
should start the ball rolling tonight by
forming a permanent organization. and
/ move that the Topeka Manufacturers
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