The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-12


some Of the advantages and interests
of Topeka. These boards will be in
full sight of all incoming passenger
trains and viii be read by thousands
to issue the sunfiower design presented
to the club by the commission not
long ago. This will consist of little
rolder In the shape of a sunfiower-|
corning Topeka and photographs OF
di1erent buildings and scenes over the
city. Folders somewhat like the folder
issued by the Commercial club for the
also be printed. The commission
wants the club to set aside $3.50 for
this sunf1ower idea and $215 for the
little booklets. Ten thousand viii be
the latter. The bill boards will cost
about 5000 a year. In ending Mr..
MacLennan said:
1--WE must let other people know
homa City they talk much more than
we do and they do not have as much
to talk about. The men of this club
are not here for selfish purposes-they
And I might mention here that it is
the Topeka Advertising club which is
the life of the Commercial club-the
organization which put the club on it's
feet"
Mr.. Charles P. Adams was called
upon to make an address upon
Membership He said in part:
"Mr. MacLennan struck the key
note when he said that we now have
the machinery built and it is waiting
for someone to run it. We are well
organized and it is up to the Com
mercial club to push. We now have
ST members in the Commercial club
(applause) and I don't know whether
we want any more or not. 1t was
Mr.. Millss plan before he was taken
sick to reorganize the committee sys-
tenn In the club and give each mem
thought that a machinery of smaller
proportions could do much better
work"
Mr.. Adams, like the other speakers,
noon day lunch system and COM
plimented Roy L. Bone one of the
secretaries of the club who has the
matter in charge. He told or the
number Of lively committee meetings
which were held each noon and spoke
of number of days when there were
five meetings at the same time Mr.
Adams also struck a responsive
chord when he told the members or
the club just where all of the money
goes.
The Commercial club through a
motion of w. o. Henderson voted to
endorse the publication of the book
entitled Topeka the Beautiful,
which will be issued in a short time
The Commercial club will undoubtedly
take up the matter oe the Topeka
|Chautauqua to be held in Garfield park
the last of the month and in some way
help the members of the association
out in financial manner, thus putting
the educational features on their feet
again Last night at the meeting OF
the Commercial club Harry B. Larimer
spoke at some length to the members
of the club asking them for assistance
and showing the good features and the
advantages to the city of Topeka-the
annual summer ChautauQua- What he
asked was that the Commercial club
take 1000 tickets from the association
and promise to get rid of them in some
way or other. If each member of the
club would buy one ticket 1t would
only leave them 200 left to sell. Mr..
Larimer has it figured out that it is
simply giving the members of the club
a. chance to buy their tickets in a
more convenient manner and they
should be glad of the chance. The
Commercial club agreed last night that
Chautauqua was for the good of the
city It brings hundreds of people to
has procured for It's program men no
ted all over the country as orators and
speakers.
After Mr.. Larimer had finished speak
spoke to the club on behalf of the pro-
position He said that at one time in
the younger days of the Commercial!
club Senator Curtis was in at
tendance and when asked what
he thought would help Topeka he laid
great stress upon a Chautauqua. He
believed that a ChautauQua for this
city would be one of the best adv-r-
easements possible. Mr.. Foster spoke at
some length of the talent included in
the program of the Chautauqua and
mentioned Governor Hadley and SEN
ator Bob Taylor.
The Commercial club will probably
erect a booth or tent at the Chautau-
qua grounds and distribute pamphlets,
booklets and literature of all kinds re-
ferring to the active interests of this
city, A large amount of literature is
being printed at the present time and
this will be given away at the Chau-
tauqua grounds.
]. w. Robinson was called upon to
speak last night on the work of the
Merchants Advertising association. MIR.
Robinson is getting to be Famous on
this one line of talk. He has been
called to Kansas City, Atchison and
several other cities simply to make
this one speech which is acquiring in
ternational fame. In truth the mer-
chants of Topeka have plan by which
lthey had accommodated all of the adj
program solicitors in the city and not
spend over 4 cents each. 1t is great
Organization and under the chairman
ship of Mr.. Robinson has done wonders
along this line of charity advertising.
Mr. Robinson spoke last night on the
organization of the association. Five
wears ago the membership was 6. The
next year it jumped to H. The third
wear 16, the fifth year 10 and this year
there are now 60 merchants in the COM
mission with others coming close be-
hind. 1t is an organization which has
revolutionized the advertising In this
city Mr.. Robinson was the authority
for the statement last night that if the
c.. or-cia1 club could get q hold of