The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-21

GIVE THE FACTS.
Topeka Advertising Committee
Plans Campaign.
Use Anything That Will Boost
Topeka.
SEE THE SUNFLOWER.
1t Tells Story of City in Con-
densed Form.
Next Regular Meeting of Com.
mercial Club June IL.


peka Municipal Advertising commits
sion today the members went over a
series of Topeka facts in typewriter
form for the purpose of gathering
them together and making a series
OF posters, serial letters, letter heads,
postcards and printed novelties of all
kinds boosting the city, her industries
and her resources
The first use of the facts gathered
together today will probably be made
to conform with the little sunflower
postcard-pofnter which YVES present.
ed to the com mission by Frank P.
MacLennan few days ago. This sun
flower has been remodeled by Carl
Bolmar, the artist, and is now in final
form for bids and specification from
the printers. The short graphical
sentences presented and adopted to-
day were made to be inserted on the
petals of this sunflower.
The advertising commission which
is composed of the advertising COM
mittees from the Commercial club,
the Advertising club and the Read Es-
tate Dealers association elected
permanent chairman of the commits
sion today-Mr. Frank P. MacLen-
nan, the chairman of the Ad club
committee having been selected as the
head
Secretary Badders of the Topeka
Commercial club is the perman-
which is about to be undertaken in
the state wide advertising of Topeka.
The Municipal Advertising commits
sion is made of the following commit
teemen:
Frank P. MacLennan, F. S. Savage,
Charles A. Moore, the Advertising club
committee.
Arthur Capper. H A. Auerbach, E.
H. Crosby, the Commercial club adj
vertiSing committee.
Ty4h
Heath, the real estate dealers adver-
Using committee.
There were no special advertising
schemes adopted today by the COM
mission. F. M. Stoves, a printer in
this city came before the commission
and exhibited a large amount of adj
vertising matter used by their firm.
He had some large panorama views
of the city in letter, postcard and fold
er form.
Mr.. VIM. Witkowsdy, western mana
ger, United States district of the Ham
burg-Bremen Fire Insurance company,
visited the Commercial club today. He
was surprised at the energy and ac-
tivity of the Topeka organization and
stated that in all his travels he had
never seen such an enthusiastic boost
ing bunch of commercial men. This
was his first visit to Beautiful To-
peka,'' as he called it.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Commercial club this noon
it was decided to hold the next regular
meeting of the club Friday night, June
Ii. Scott Hopkins and T. G. Carver
were appointed to get up the program
for this meeting. Both gentlemen
promise a fine program and say that
there should be a record breaking
the game when the work of the club
and it's branches is so spirited the reg
ular meetings, include all of the minor
organizations and give renewed en-
thusiasm to the efficiency of the boost
ers.
During the meeting of the board of
directors of the Commercial club today
a new scheme was launched for the in
ducement of firms coming to this city
to locate their factory 1t seems that
there is always more or less trouble
with an unknown firm coming to the
city asking for sites and the like and
the ComerciaI club proposes to pur-
chase for the use of this firm a piece
Of land Or property. This will be leased
to them for a certain length of time
probably for nothing-if anything
very small price. At the end of the
lease if the company is still making
good they will receive an option on the
| land.
This new scheme came up when the
directors were talking about giving a
certain company an amount of money
for the purpose of inducing them to
come to the city and locate. This idea
! of giving them a lease will test the
| strength of the company and if they
fail the land and property will reverse
| back to the Commercial club and they
will not be the loser in the proposition.
! 1t is a we'll known fact that the Com
mercial club must keep an eye open
for the undesirable firms operating in
| the city under the wing of the CONNER
ciaI club. These companies do far more
harm than good and they are not So
| licited by the directors. The club has
| decided to make a thorough investiga-
! ton of all firms applying for entrance
| into the city. The new lease-option