The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-19
MANY new IDEAS
Municipal Advertising Commit
tee Holds Spirited Meeting.
New SunfI0wer Folder Made a
Favorable Impression.
STOP OVER IN Topeka
Boosters Would Give Travellers
a Chance to See City.
Other Items of Interest From
Commercial Club.
STOP OVER In Topeka

nan, F. s. Savage and g. G. Moore,
met for the second time in the Com
mercial club rooms with N. B. Burge,
W. w. Webb and H. A. Heath, commit
tee from the real estate dealers, just
after the noon day lunch this after
noon and each man came with his pock-
cts as well as his head full of ideas
and schemes for the advertising OF thls
city over the state and country.
The nucleus was formed in the CEN
ter of the big reception room a Few
minutes after lunch and within nan
hour the formation around this COM
NIT >ee filed the middle portion OF the
Commercial club room. Every man had
an idea and every man was into 1t knee
deem for the boosting of this city.
There were many plans talked OF To-
day-although none of them was con-
sidered final. Among the most import
ant was the presentation by Mr.. Mac
Lehman, of a little piece Of advertls-
ing matter to the committee for It's
approval After going through the
hands of a large number of the Com
mercial club members in the room 1t
I was taken up with enthusiasm and
= many suggestions of various kinds were
made.
The little reminder" is in the form
OF a sunf1ower and folds up into small
pointed triangular folder suitable to
place in a regular size envelope or any
kind of a communication or package.
On the sunfiower is printed in large
type the words Topeka Kan, Topeka
Will" ana other inscriptions of the
proof of this statement follow. On the
inside of the petals are inscriptions OF
all kinds giving the many features OF
the city at the present time SUCH as
hospitals, colleges, industries of all
kinds. On the outside of the petals is
a big list of the things Topeka wants.
They include hotel, new factories ana
the like. The scheme was received with
f,r,aH To-, H-v h. OIL ar- 7nTT1h
the committee and the Commercial club
members who were present and it isl
now in the hands of Secretary Badders
of the Commercial club who will COM
pile number of facts about the city
and they viii be inserted upon the sun
flower. 1t is thought that this sunfiow-
er will be purchased by business men
over the city or else given to them
and every letter, package and the like
will be accompanied by the little folded
sunfiower.
There were many other suggestions
made at the meeting this noon. w. w
Webb had big etching to be used on
the back of business stationery. A girl
with the horn of plenty is emptying out
the many advantages of Topeka and in
the background is pictured factories,
the state capitol and many other famil-
lar scenes in Topeka. 1t is also under
consideration. A bunch of material
used by other cities was examined but
none of the them seemed to suit the
wants of this city as well as the sun
flower.
During the meeting of the Advertis-
ing committee today the question of
making Topeka a stopover point on the
railroads during the immigration eX-
cursions was discussed freely and it
was pointed out that this city is placed
in bad situation in not having such
an accommodation. For instance, the
Santa F'e will not recognize anything
east of Emporia in this state. When
a train passes through Topeka the i'm
migrants have to hug their seats or
they lose their transportation and their
rights on the train.
The Rock Island has the same rule
They don't allow any harvest ex-
cursionist peek at any town in the
state east Of Harrington. Harrington is
the end of the immigration earth with
the Rock Island and they can't allow
Topeka any of the privileges. Herring
ton is good live town and they I'M
doubtedly obtain excellent advantages
from the stopover but Topeka with her
broad avenues, natural gas and every
public utility is more encouraging to
the average man. Possibly the rail-
roads fear that If Topeka was made the
stopover the travellers would never get
past the city. Mr.. Savage q member of
the committee, was questioned about
the action of the Santa Fe in this man
ner. He said: Topeka is not the right
geographical point" Topeka IS making
geographical points every day-and she
intends to make one on the Santa Fe.
The committee was talking about the
inducements offered in Topeka today
when the great work of Oklahoma City
was reviewed again. One of the mem
bers of the committee was down to
that lively city lately and he reports
that there is a good shade tree in the
cfty-the place is dry and hot.
When Secretary McKeand of the
Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma
City was here not long ago he went
wild at the prospects ahead for Topeka
1T we had your trees, your broad ave-
nues, your many advantages, we would
be the metropolis of the west'' said the
secretary. II never saw such beauti-
full place-and such excellent condi-
tons" This is a great point for the
Commercial club and the Advertising
club to use as puncturing apparatus
for the public mind. There isn't an
other city in the west with such nat
uraI advantages and such great posi-
bilities. All that is needed is a real live
commercial organization-and adver-
Using. They say that a pleased GUS
toner is the best advertisement To-
peka is getting hundreds of pleased
customers" every year with her rebate
organization and her conventions but
she needs more of them. The city al
ways leaves a good taste in the mouth
and the boosters will have to formu-
late the taste. The second slogan is
Get People Here" and it is the one
slogan that will mean the success of
the interests of the city. Topeka has
always had the reputation of being "a
good place to live in" Topeka wants
the people to live within it's city limits
and special inducements are to be Of
tered for their arrival but there are
many ways of living. The one lively.
peppery, loyal spirited way is what the
booster organizations are catering to
and they will get them. After the pop
ulation-then the Industries
At the present time Topeka does
not fully conduct the work of extend
ing information and hospitality. This