The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-21
AT HILLSBOR0.
Now Ranks as Third City in Size
in Marion County.
Commercial Club Has Done
Much for Its Success.
BANDS HOLD REUNION
Good Roads Lead to Little City
From All Directions.
Commercial Club Has Superin-
BANDS HOLD REUNION
Commercial Club Has Superin-
tended Their Building.

Hillsboro, Kan, June 21.-A few
years ago Hillsboro, was but small
village with a wide awake set of bust
ness men and a very rich contiguous
territory. Three years ago the popula-
ton was 900. A commercial club was
organized with S. L. Armstrong as
president and J. D. Hirschler as secre-
tary. The members of the club were
hustling business men who knew how
to follow in the wake of their officers.
Today according to the last returns
of the assessor the population stands
or rather has reached LOO and people
are still moving in. AS a result Of this
booster work Hillsboro has jumped
up to third place among the cities of
the county. First comes Marion, then
Peabody, then Hillsboro.
Hillsboro has a college in full opera
ton, a seminary with all rooms filled
with students, a, splendid public high
school, national and state bank,
three department stores, two general
stores, two general hardware stores,
two big Touring mills running day and
night, an ice manufacturing plant, a
carriage factory. two drug stores, six
octors, two dentists. two large lumber
yards one gentlemen'S exclusive fur
nishing store. two auto garages, two
photograph galleries, Kansas egg and
produce plant, two barber shops, two
| restaurants, one hotel, six churches IN
| town, and big churches in the country
| around town (six big country churcnes
| can be seen from town., until recently
| two meat markets, one lawyer.
| Besides looking after matters in town
| the Commercial club took up the good
roads proposition. 1t did not fade
| away in useless resolutions, for our
Commercial club does not do business
that way. The club put engines with
road graders, drags, and harrows onto
| the roads leading into town and put
them into splendid shape The Com
mercial club paid for this work. Now
| the club has a force of men at work
putting the Hillsboro- Marion road into
| first class shape On these roads the
| farmers can haul their crops to town
even in muddy weather. And the farm
ers are getting enthusiastic about the
good roads proposition, too Now the
club is pushing through the proposition
| OF building a new $4,000 city building.
And the project is on the road to sue
| cess like everything else; they under
| take to do.
! The club backed the band boys in
| the recent band reunion and made the
gathering a decided success. Governor
Stubs delivered a splendid address to
| $500 people about the Fundamentals
| of Good .4CitizeuShip.3 The assembled
bands favored the multitude with
strains of martial music. Hiilsboro and
| Roxbury played a stiff game of ball,
| HilIsboro winning to 1. An Automo-
bile Gymkhana was given after the
| ball game Benjamin II. Hlrschler
proved to be the star autoist.
| The annual band reunions are for the
bands of central Kansas and bring
The a musical talent into closer fellow
ship, and encourage many of the
weaker struggling bands. The place
for holding the reunion next year VIII
| be decided in the late fall.