The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-31
1T HAS NEW LIFE.
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spirit which created that great whole
sale house and which w. H. Davis
possesses. 1t is not necessary to insure
this Topeka spirit for it cannot be de-
stroyed. 1t was this fine spirit which
prompted Volney Kistler to of1er
room in his store to Parkhurst-Davis
and company when their business was
destroyed by fire. 1t was this same
spirit which caused Mr.. Hurley and
John Purcell of the Santa Fe to offer
Joseph Bromich the use of the santa
stroyed by fire and thus before the
ruins of the foundry ceased to smould-
er he was able to announce that ne
was ready for business.
when a nortion of the city was
submerged six years ago it was this
same spirit which brought forth aid
from all quarters. The same spirit
prompted Edward Grafstrom who lost
his life in saving others at this time
1t was the Topeka spirit which
prompted Arthur Capper to erect his
magnificent building and it was the
same spirit which prompted Colonel c.
K. Holiday to lay the foundations for
this city on treeless prairie ana
which later prompted him to found the
great Santa Fe and the spirit lives in
his son. an honored former president
of this club.
1T was the Topeka spirit which
prompted c. K. Garvey to build the
first hotel in Topeka and found the
first newspaper. We all agree that We
have the spirit and we agree that all
that 1T needs is stirring up once in a
While. We have a greater city in the
state than we ourselves know 1t, with
its Continental creamery, it's preserv-
ing works and great machine shops.
I'VE have the spirit of helpfulness
too with our half dozen great hospitals
and great surgeons. The patients
who spent three months in one of the
hospitals left 100000 in the city and
millions of dollars of outside money is
brought into the city through these
hospitals T'hich we know so little
about. We must show ourselves and
in doing so we will show others our
great resources. AS members of this
great organization we must not sit
idly by and le+ others do the things
which we should do.
Topeka has the spirit which makes
the town beautiful. which makes it a
good place for business, which makes
1t healthful, but the greatest spirit and
the one which will bring the other three,
beauty, business and health is the help
full spirit. By helping each other we
help ourselves and our city.
There is plenty of capital right here
in Topeka if we only bring it out and
cause it to be invested in Topeka.
Large sums of Topeka money have
cities and it was Topeka money which
helped develop the gas, oil and salt
field. We should use more capital here
at home. Topeka hotels are crowded
and the city needs more and better
hotels and should have them. l hope
that the Topeka spirit will be stirred
up and developed by this club to the
betterment of our city
Mr.. LUX Has Topeka Spirit.
Samuel Lux, president of the Manu-
facturers' and Jobbers' association,
spoke briefly and said: IT am endowed
with the spirit of which Mr.. MacLen-
nan has just spoken and 1 am for any
thing that is for the good of Topeka I
think that the members of this organ
ization owe debt of gratitude to the
president and secretaries for the beau
t1ful quarters which they have given
US.
I'VE now have a place where we can
them and show them that we are alive
to our own interests. AS citizens of
Topeka we must help make this club a
success and that means concerted &C
ton on the part of all of us. If ar
rangements can be made for room /
should like to see the Manufacturers
and Jobbers' association, a branch of
the Commercial club, with headquar-
tiers in this building. 1 think that the
Commercial club should be the parent
of it. I am a great believer in the
future of our city and feel that it is
just now commencing to develop as a
manufacturing and jobbing center and
we have railroad rates which will jus
tify a prediction of a steady growth
along these lines"
''I want to introduce a famous
Kansan who writes as we'll as he
talks" said President Mills, land he
writes prose or poetry equally we'll
and it matters not what he pens. it is
a classic. Captain Joseph G. Waters"
j. G. Waters Talk of Future.
"In the forty and more years that
L have lived in this city I have had
nothing but the brightest views of its
future" said Captain Waters at
has never lost fiber and has back bone
above all others. I have Travelled
some and have journeyed to Washing
ton, D. c., on several occasions and
to my eye Pennsylvania avenue even
during inaugural ceremonies never
looked as attractive to me as Kansas
avenue did this evening as 1 was COM
ing to this meeting.
Topeka is an exceptional city and
while / cannot speak from the stand
at this time 1 know that the city has
more culture and intelligence thar
any other city in the country and in
this particular Topeka is exceptional
If 1 were seeking men with which tC
found an empire I would come right
here to Topeka to select them. RICH
here tonight 1 want to announce tina
1 intend to at once become a manu-.
| facturer and that at the age of Z:
years and I hope to be a millionaire
| before I die. 1 am going to make steam
engines-a brand new kind and YOU
| fellows can't get any of the stool
either; it is all subscribed"
Arthur Capper Proposes Names.
| Arthur Capper followed Captain
Waters and spoke as follows: st an
/ pleased beyond expression at what
| have seen and heard here this even
| ing and like the spirit which is il
| evidence everywhere. 1 am just com
| mencing to realize the great worl
| that Commercial club of this kin,
can do and 1 want to be identified
with the organization though I hav