The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-18
GOOD FOR THE CITY
Recent Convention an Eye Open
er for Merchants.
Admit That the Delegates Al
ways Spend Money.
REAL ESTATE MOVING.
Less Dizziness Than Usual Re-
ported by Dealers.
Christmas Business in All Lines
Christmas Business in All Lines
Is Satisfactory.

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thing of the past. All conventions
are good for Topeka and the mer-
chants and other business men of the
city are becoming more and more
strongly convinced that it would be
we'll if even more strenuous efforts
would be made to bring big meetings
to the convention city"
Although it could not be expected
that convention of the nature of
the one just held in Topeka would
bring the immediate results to the
merchants and real estate dealers
that say, for example, the meeting of
the State Teachers association would
bring, still It is always a good ad-
vertisement to a city when a large
gathering is handled adequately and
certain results are bound to come at
least indirectly.
Badges were given out by the com
mIttee in charge of arrangements to
1900 persons and it has been esti-
mated that including hotel expenses
anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000
was left in the city by the delegates.
The merchants are strongly in favor
OF conventions and several of them
expressed themselves in regard to the
gathering of good readers just closed,
as follows:
J. w. Robinson of Robinson and
Marshall Co.: ''All of these conyen-
tions are good for the town as the
delegates always spend money in the
city. l think that Mr.. Badder's idea
OF creating regular convention fund
is a good one. We always have a
very satisfactory business from any
convention I wish that we could
have three a week"
w. w Whitney. manager of the War
rem M. Crosby Dry Goods company:
Ihere were lutte a good many of the
people wearing the Good Roads badges
in our store
e. w. Hanchet. manager of the To-
peka Woolworth five and ten cent
store: 4 noticed good many road
delegates to the store. 1 personally
showed one country man around the
store as l saw that he was used to
oelng taken around and he bought sew
eral dollars worth of goods of 5 and
| 10 cent values"
The merchants without exception are
Wen Pleased with the Christmas trade
| TO date, saying that they believe that
| II Will eclipse all previous records for
topeka Here are a few statements
from prominent merchants:
w: w. Whitney. manager for the
| warren NJ Crosby Dry Goods com
pany Our trade SO far has been bet
ter than last year-better than 1907.
and that was supposed to be a banner
| year The customers all seem to be
| happy and they are buying a better
| class of goods
r. F. Moore, manager for the Hall
stationery store: ",The Christmas trade
| IS nne- The country people haven't
come in on account of poor roads. They
will get in all right but they will put
| things off until the last minute"
Z. w. Hanchet: Il believe that the
! trade will go way ahead of last year.
| There has not been a sumch country
| trade as usual Last week the Christ
| mas trade started in slowly on account
| of the cold weather and the bad roads,
| but the last two or three days the
trade has been all that we could ask
| for"
| Arthur Mills of the Mills Dry Goods
| company: Our trade has been excel
lent up to this time and the indications
| are that this will be our best Christ
| mas season.
| James B. Hayden. jeweler: accord
| ing to present indications this will be
| the best Christmas season in the his
| tory of the store
| Other merchants expressed them
selves as being delighted with the
present situation. but space will not
permit giving long list of statements.
| The real estate market is not as
| active as during the fall months owing
| to the season of the year, although a
number of sales of Importance have
| been reported. William Forbes & Co.
state that their sales for the week
have aggregated $1,000.
Maxwell & T oltz report the sale of
| The house belonging to S. E.. Lee, 107
Huntington avenue, to Mr.. William
Muirhand, formerly of New York city.
who has been doing special work in
the attorney generals office. Mr..
Muirhead will bring his family to To-
peka about the first of June. He has
been prominent in public affairs in the
east for many years and will be a
valuable addition not only to the city
but to Kansas.
This firm also last week sold half
section of land to Mr.. Chris Schultz
of Oakland, out of their Van Horn
valley tract.
They also made an exchange of prop
erty between M. A. Linge of Topeka
and Mr.. Lewis Hartman of Baldwin
The former exchanging 100 acres in
Barber county for a stock of general
| merchandise belonging to Messrs. Hart
| man & Brown of Baldwin. They have
| in process of exchange several valuable
| farm properties in Shawnee county and
| report that real estate lands around To-
peka especially farm properties, very
active.
| Wilson & Neiswanger announce that
| their bungalow at the corner of Null
vane and Huntoon streets will be open
| ed for inspection on New Years day 1t
| is entirely different from the bungalow
at the corner of College avenue and
| Huntoon street which was inspected by
/ $500 people Thanksgiving time.
Mrs. G. D. Lyle has sold one of her
lots to a gentleman in Baltimore who
| intends in the spring to erect a ten or
| twelve thousand dollar dwelling which
/ will be one of the finest homes in the
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