The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-06
Be BEST EVER.
Topeka Exposition Co. Not WOr-
ried Over Date.
Not Likely to Be Held Same
Week as Hutchinson Fair.
GOOD ROADS MEETING.
For Topeka Shopping Train on
Union Pacific.
Real Estate Men Complain of
Newspaper Real Estate Offers.

| saS Exposition company met this
noon to discuss plans in respect to
the new company and its formation. /
This evening the annual meeting of
the old association will take place
and at that time it is expected it will
be voted to turn over all assets and
leases to the new organization.
H. w. McAfee has returned
| from Chicago where he, together with
I. D. Graham and H. w. Avery of
Wakefield worked in the interests of
the new association.
| 1t was found that the officials of
various state fairs who met in Chi
cago last week had everything fixed
up so that Hutchinson would have
first choice in respect to date for
| holding their fair
Upon advice which they considered
| sound, the committee representing the
| Topeka State fair decided not to
| Gals but to devote their time instead
to securing valuable premiums for the
next fa1r from the various breeders
| associations of the country In this
they were highly successful.
The Topeka fair is not likely to be
held the same week that the Hutch
inson fair representatives chose for
their fair. This was from Sept. 10 to
"a. Those interested in the new or
ganization believe that with a good
secretary and brand new company
with capital stock of 5000, 900 there
should be no difficulty in producing
the best show which has been held in
the history of the state next fall.
Good Roads Committee.
The good roads committee of the
Commercial club met this noon to fur
Their the plans for the big National
Good Roads 10 he I,oI1 ~,
Topeka Dec. IA and 10.
II. w. McAfee, secretary of the ma,
tional organization, who was in Chicago
last week, reported fully a dozen gov
which they have appointed to attend
the convention. Other letters have also
been received from all parts of the
country from persons who express their
intention of attending the Topeka con-
vention. number of the mayors
throughout Kansas have likewise re-
ported that delegates have been selected
to be present at the big meeting.
Engineer Parkhurst places the prob
able attendance at between 5000 and g.
600 persons, but other members of the
committee do not look for as large d
representation of the good roads en-
thusiasts and believe that if the regis
tration reaches the two or three thou
sand mark the convention will be con-
sidered success.
arranging the programme but
those who have expressed
their intel ion of being present to de-
liver addresses are: President Waters.
e s. A c.; Chancellor Frank
Strong, Kansas State university; State
Engineer Gearheart Governor w. R.
Stubs. Governor H. S. Hadley of Mis-
souri,, Governor A. G. Shallenberger of
Nebraska, Governor G. w. Donaghey of
Arkansas, Governor Judson Harmon of
mr.
bama Good Roads association.
Other governors and good roads
authorities who have been asked to
speak are as follows:
Martin Dodge and Logan Waller
Page, directors of public roads at Wash
ington, D. c.; n. j. Bachelor, master
OF the National Grange; John Craft
president of the Alabama Good Roads
association; Samuel Park, president of
the Texas Good Roads association;
Governor J. H. Shafroth of Colorado,
Governor J. Y. Sanders of Louisiana
Governor A. o. Eberhart of Minnesota,
Governor c. N. Haskell of Oklahoma,
Governor B. F. Carroll of Iowa Cover
nor E. F. Noel of Mississippi, Governor
T. M. Campbell of Texas, Governor A
D. Crothers Of Maryland.
Senator ]. H. ,Bankhead and Sen
ator Geo. E. Chamberlain of Wash
ington D. c., and William Sulzer,
member of congress from New York
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executive committee and board of
directors of the Frisco railway sys-
tenn; President E. P. Ripley, Vice
President G. T. Nicholson and ]. w.
Kendrick of the Santa Fe; F. A.
Delano. president of the Wabash rail-
road, and President Finley of the
Southern railway.
Presid emit Arthur c. Jackson of the
national association will arrive in To-
peka on Thursday and will assist in
fEa Of Iii,
ments for the convention. President
Jackson has thorough knowledge of
the problems which confront the good
road advocates and will be one of the
principel speakers of the meeting.
1t has not been decided as yet
whether to hold the convention at the
state house or in the Auditorium
Real Estate Men Make Protest.
The Real Estate Dealers association
met this noon. One of the chief mat
tiers which came UP for discussion re-
lated to the fact that the morning pa
per is publishing real estate advertise
-nentS which the majority of the MEM
hers of the organization considered
we're detrimental to the interests of the
association. J. Will Kelly, the secre-
tary. stated briefly the situation. He
asserted that frequently on account of
the great number of advertisements
which appear in the morning paper,
the readers of the publication have
been led to believe that the Topeka
Capital has gone into the real estate
business on a large scale. He consid-
cred that this practice of advertising is
conducive to injuring the business of
the local organization.
1t was stated that in the Sunday is
sue alone PA individual real estate
advertisements of the Capital were
published in the paper, signed.
81 think said Mr. Kelly 1.-The
course taken by the Capital is all
7Erong. The Sunday Capital is a dis
grace to the city. We don't want to
make any threat. but we ought to be
lair and just to the papers which favor
US. l think the Capital should cease
Is advertise real estate as it has done
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